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LEADING CLAY JOURNAL
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The Stahlton Unit
How It's made and used
Page 48
Cost savers pay off
for Columbia
Page 44
Metrapalitan's
BONNOT SPECIAL COMBINATION EXTRUDER
has put out enough brick to build 101,250 homes and is still going strong
CRUSHERS PUG MILLS
HAMMER MILLS AUGER MACHINES
ORY PANS VACUUM MACHINES
WET PANS SPECIAL EXTRUDERS
GRINDERS CUTTERS
FEEDERS
MIXERS
REPRESSES
DIES
SPECIAL MACHINES
TO ORDER
DIRECT FOUNDRY
SERVICE
In 1912 Metropolitan Brick of Canton, Ohio, installed a Bonnot Special Combination
Extruder in the Royal Plant. During 45 years of continuous service this one machine
has averaged 90,000 brick per day, 250 working days per year —a total of over
1,012,250,000 brick; enough brick for 101,250 average size homes.
EXCLUSIVE OF MAINTENANCE — THE INITIAL INVESTMENT, PLUS CONVERSION
TO DE-AIRING TYPE EQUIPMENT AMOUNTED TO LITTLE MORE THAN $6.60
PER EACH MILLION BRICK OUTPUT, PROVING AGAIN THAT
IT PAYS TO BUY FOR LONG LIFE AND DEPENDABILITY
Machine performance like this re-demonstrates the value of sound designs,
superior materials (original and replacement) and quality workmanship . . . is
another example of why Bonnot equipment assures the user “truly low cost when all
real costs are counted.” Bonnot’s 67 years of progressive engineering and manufacturing
experience are at your service now.
The HM), MMI
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Pacific Coast Agents
“Brick & Clay Record is published monthly by Industrial Publications, Inc
An important
message for manufacturers
of glazed brick
Architects in increasing number are writing
deeply tinted and pastel colored glazed brick
into their specifications for commercial build-
ings as well as residential structures.
As every brick manufacturer knows, this
trend imposes new and different problems on
production. Their solution is clearly not within
the scope of normal day-to-day operations.
Clays, methods and equipment vary so widely
in various plants, the basic techniques of apply-
ing colored glazes must be adapted to each
situation. Equally important, color formulation
must be compatible with conditions and the
characteristics of the brick itself.
For many years, Drakenfeld has supplied the
industry with high-quality engobe stains and
glaze stains. Today our “know how” can be par-
ticularly helpful to brick manufacturers in
meeting the challenge of growing demand for
glazed brick in a wide range of colors. Now
more than ever before our complete research,
color processing facilities and service can assist
you in producing modern, colorful glazed brick
economically and selling it profitably
We invite you to call in one of our field engi-
neers for a discussion of our cooperation in
color research and application and our ability
to serve you.
~Drakenteld
YOUR PARTNER IN SOLVING COLOR PROBLEMS
B. F. DRAKENFELD & CO., INC.
Executive Offices: 45 Park Place, New York 7, N. Y
Factory and Laboratories: Washington, Pa
BRAUN CHEMICAL COMPANY, 1363 S. Bonnie Beach Place, Los Angeles 54, California—Phone: ANgelus 9-9311
BRAUN-KNECHT-HEIMAN COMPANY, 1400 Sixteenth St
San Francisco 19, California—Phone: HEmilock 1-8800
5 S. Wabash, Chicago 3, I Subscription price: U. S. A. and Canada,
$5.00 per year three years, $10.00; Foreign subscription price: $7.00 per year; three years, $15.00. Vol. 182, No. 8. Entered as Second Class Matter
January 2, 1911, at the Post Office at Chicago, Ill., under the Act of March 3, 1879. Additional entry at Pontiac. I
The Leahy” Screen
Eliminates All
Traditional Trouble
Makers
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yiprArn
— offers —
INTEGRATED HEAT
SCREENING
THE DEISTER CONCENTRATOR
COMPANY
The Original Deister Co., Est 1906
913 GLASGOW AVE, FORT WAYNE, IND.
Tothe cai
Foster Color
Editor, Brick & CLAY Recorp—In a
recent publication, we were very in-
terested in an article by Mr. H. B.
Foster, who is the manager of Brick
& Tile Service . on the above sub
ject Spinel Theory of Crystal Devel-
opment) in connection with the color-
ing of red burning bricks. We would
also appreciate your advising us how
we could contact Mr. Foster, as we
require details of the finishing tem-
perature to be used, and if possible we
would require samples of the finished
article. Also of interest to us is the
price landed in Durban of this coloring
material, in the event of us requiring
this for production
L. T. Marsden
Coronation Brick & Tile Co., Ltd
Durban, Natal
South Africa
PCE Typo
Editor, Brick & CLAY RECORD In
reading the January 1958 issue
I noted a misprint on page 65, regard-
ing types of refractories. In the para-
graph entitled “High Duty Fire
Brick” (page 65—Ed.) you have PCE
No. 21-32. In A.S.T.M. Designation
27-41, it specifies that this should be
Ee No. 31-32.
Charles G. Marvin
N. Y. State College of Ceramics
Alfred, N. Y.
Ed. Note: The sharp eye of Reader
Varvin caught a typographical error
that cre pt by. The numbers as he gave
them were what was intended to be
said.
Pipe Process
Editor, Brick & CLAY Recorp— In
your December, 1957 issue (page 67)
you published a letter regarding a
Vitrified Pipe Process used in Monte-
video, Uruguay.
I was retained as a consultant dur-
ing the development of this process.
Here is how it happened. Having been
hired to help in the design and con-
struction of a vitrified pipe plant, an
analysis of the situation soon indicated
that an attempt should be made to
Please say “I saw it in BECR”
produce pipe on existing equipment
which was available. Uruguay being
a smali country and extensively
short on foreign exchange were the
principal factors which weighed heav-
ily in the balance.
The factory in question consisted of
an earthenware plant with three tun-
nel kilns. A refractory plant with one
tunnel kiln in use about three months
of the year. A concrete pipe plant with
two McCracken roller head machines.
All three plants located on the same
site almost interlocking each other, all
with the same management and inter-
locking labor.
There was little room for a vitrified
pipe plant introducing more and differ-
ent machines, raw materials and proc-
esses. It seemed obvious that if the
vitrified pipe could be made on the
McCracken machines and glazed from
the pottery and fired in the refractory
kiln, practically no new investment
would be necessary. The idea was con-
ceived. However, as if frequently the
case, conception was much more sim-
ple than giving birth to an industrial
process.
Vitrified pipe were finally made
after every type of difficulty including
those which always accompany the in-
troduction of a new process by the
consumer and by the competition
The raw materials consist of a small
amount of plastic clay deflocculated
with Sodium Carbonate. (Not Sodium
Silicate.) A hard flint type clay high
in free silica without plasticity. (Not
a shale though shales work also.) A
very small amount of Portland cement.
(No plaster of paris.) A small amount
of feldspar. The water content is above
10%.
The materials are dry ground and
dry mixed and then mixed in the con-
crete mixer of the McCracken machine.
The materials and process of forming
follow the concrete pipe process. The
machine produces exactly as if it were
concrete. The pipe are allowed to “set,”
after six to eight hours they can be
moved without breakage. There is no
drying shrinkage and can be dried at
(Continued on page 58)
BRICK & CLAY RECORD
CONTENTS
Cleveland’s Promotion
How effective use of newspapers, special Brick
Home Week, other tactics helped sell brick.
Columbia Brick & Tile
New tunnel kiln, cost saving ideas, mechanization
pay off,
Stahiton Units
How they're produced, what the “groove system” is.
ECSA Meeting
Pipe Dealer Uses Package
Improved Kiln Furniture
Editorial
News of the Industrv
Yard Talk
New Products
Heard about the English panels yet?
See page 60
MARCH, 1958
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Install a BES-STONE Splitter
You can greatly increase block sales and add to profits
by using a Bes-Stone Block Splitter. Architects and
builders are sold on Bes-Stone Split Block because of
its beautiful quarried stone appearance and wide
range of adaptability. With its powerful, hydraulic
operation, the Bes-Stone Splitter handles up to 900
units per hour. All straight line cuts. No cull block
Quickly adjustable for various heights. Finished Split
Block is automatically removed from under the split-
ting knife by the incoming block. Quiet, safe operation
: Front view
h showing
~ operotor feeding
PA block into Splitter.
...and this
PONY TRIMMER
Comes in Handy for
Trimming Block
on the Job
Trims off the ends of split
block up to 8” in width. Pres-
sure is supplied by a hand-
operated hydraulic pump hav-
ing a capacity of 12 tons. Com-
pact, lightweight, and easily
portable from job to job
Ask your Besser representative for literature,
or write:
BESSER COMPANY
Complete Equipment for Concrete Block Plants
ALPENA, MICHIGAN, U.S.A.
Please say “I saw it in BeCR” 5
MILLER DOUBLE ROTOR HAMMERMILLS HAVE
HIGH SPEED
miller
sonus pulverization ... that’s double rotor
what you get with Miller’s Double hammermills
. an ‘2 . ! >
Rotor Hammermills. Terrific impact scaue pve
replaceable hammers
of particle against particle... giving you Bonus and tips
£ u * s)
. ° , oa mangane teel h >
Pulverization and a high percentage of fines. aes ee
Rugged and dependable, there is no better precisioned balancing
: : 50 and 100 ton capacities
Hammermill value available anywhere.
Call or write Miller
for full information.
iller
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ompany J
Pacitic Agent: Southwestern Agent:
WALTER C. STOLL & SONS A. K. MOULTON ASSOCIATES
5028 Alhambra Avenue 138 Harriet Drive
Los Angeles 32, California San Antonio 12, Texas
JORONIO DOES THE ENTIRE JOB
FOR THE CLAY INDUSTRY!
eer eee
ENGINEERS =) “a
Plant Design
Machine Design
Machine Building
Equipment Modernizing
Special Machinery
Repair Parts Service
For All Makes Of Equipment
FOUNDERS
Castings To 12 Tons Ea.
Gray lron—All Grades
Semi-Stl. Castings
Hi-Ni (Same Analysis As
Ni-Hard With Impact
Strength Added)
Moly-Iron For Gears
MACHINISTS
Machining On Large Or
Small Scale.
Speed With Accuracy
Steel Fabricating
Stock Steel
So
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Toronto Foundry & Machine Co.
ENGINEERS « FOUNDERS « MACHINISTS
TORONTO, OHIO
MARCH, 1958 lease say “I saw it in BeECR”
, ,
vx Super V-Belts soak up shoc!
... Cut maintenance costs 90%
RUE asa) a Ei i
) No other V-Belt
; has ALL these advantages ESPECIALLY DESIGNED to handle the heaviest
shock loads, Gates Super Vulco Ropes insure lower
P
replacement and lower maintenance costs.
1. Flex-Weave Cover (U. S. Pat. 2519590
A Gates exclusive: provides greater
eg se a ay hy gp FER For example: Sordoni Construction Co.,
ogg di, gg es Inc., Forty-Fort, Pa., had frequent trouble
with the drive on their heavy-duty hole-digger
2. Concave Sidewalls (U.S. Pat. 1813698 and pole-setter when installing big 80-foot
powerline poles.
machir
Note the concave sides shown in
Fig. |. As belt bends, concave sides Lambert Swingle, shop superintendent, and the
come s 5 aking unifo . , > ee . :
become a making a nearby Gates Field Engineer designed the drive for the
witnet th cheave eroove , - a “
Ry conta w wave ¢ . '6 equipment shown here. Mr. Swingle says: “The Gates
|-A Even contact means uniform e - . yn
aes far longer belt life Super Vulco Rope Drive has been working perfectly
LH since 1956, cutting maintenance costs 50%. Without
Gates Ropes, we'd be down most of the time.”
Tay /
. Tough, resilient Tensile Cords
sam §6Super strong and resilient: provide A wealth of drive data is quickly available to you.
” 40 greater horsepower capacity Simply call your nearby Gates distributor for a Gates
vi easily absorb heavy shock loads V-Belt specialist. Stocks carried in industrial centers
¥ belts re around the world.
quired ave weight and ace
4. High Electrical Conductivity
Built into Gates Super Vulco Ropes for safer
n explosive atmosphere | The Gates Rubber Company
5. Oil, Heat, Weather Resistant . yon Denver, Colorado
Made with special rubber compounds, Super Vulc
Ropes stand up longer under al! conditions World's Largest Maker of V-Belts
Gates Super Vs Drives
40% more Horsepower Capacity...
Please say “I saw it in B&eCR” BRICK & CLAY RECORD
reduce number
TT LINGIS ENTRAI
oe ete te le
Cutting costs is the
primary function of portable conveyors
To make the greatest cost savings, portable con- easily towed from job to job. They must withstand
veyors must: constant use and frequent movement
Shown above is the portable conveyor of advanced
design, the Barber-Greene 363. Shaft and gear re-
ducer drive—no chains—no sprockets, full swivel-
have quality construction for long life and
trouble-free operation. They must be available in
the length and capacity range to suit your needs.
hey must be available with the features and acces- ing wheels, Acme take-ups and many other exclusive
sorties you want—screens, pow er hoists, pneumatic features
or sieel wheels, gas or electric drives, etc. Shown below are other models in Barber-Greene’s
They must be easy to move around the yard . . . complete line of cost-cutting conveyors.
Model 374 cuts cost at high capacity. Model 358 cuts cost of car unloading. Model 362—low-cost, high-quality
With capacities up to 425 t.p.h., this Feeding a conveyor, this car unloader re- portable. Three-roll carriers, swivel
heavy-duty machine has antifriction leases cranes and other expensive equip- wheel truck, and many other features not
bearings, shaft and gearbox drive, hy- ment for other work. Handles gravel,sand, available on conveyors of this low-price
draulic boom hoist and other features. stone, cinders, etc. range, are standard on the 362.
56-8-PO
Barber-Greene =
AURORA, ILLINOIS, U.S.A.
CONVEYORS ...LOADERS...DITCHERS...ASPHALT PAVING EQUIPMENT
MARCH, 1958 Please say “I saw it in BECR” 9
NEW! INSULATED ALUMINUM “SANDWICH” WALLS
Choose From These and Other Sandwich Combinations
ON Fees |!
reg © gmt
Inner Skin gate
Outer Skin Ribbed
nner Skin " a gated
Outer Skin Ribbed
VF OF OS is. at
SP gag, GRRE
ner Skin : tria gated
FOG AO te oO art
TS Ww and ~*~
nner Sk
Outer Skin
Before you build or modernize your brick plant
CONSIDER THESE THREE COST-SAVING ADVANTAGES
OF KAISER ALUMINUM ROOFING & SIDING SHEET
1. Light Weight (about 's the weight
of steel) — to save you big money on
labor, handling and construction time—
and eliminate the need for heavy, expen-
sive supporting structurals!
2. Corrosion Resistance (and they’re
rustproof, too)— to do away with the
necessity of spending costly upkeep
dollars on painting and other care.
3. Strength & Durability — with the
added benefit of a distinctive heat-reflec-
tive, maintenance-free surface—to make
your new building the most functionally
attractive you’ve ever known!
There’s never been anything so ideally
suited for kiln buildings, clay storage,
stock sheds and other large structures as
Kaiser Aluminum’s full line of industrial
building products.
For A.LA. File and full information,
contact the Kaiser Aluminum sales office
listed in your telephone directory. Or
write Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Sales,
Inc., General Sales Office, Palmolive
Bldg,, Chicago 11, IIL; Executive Office,
Kaiser Bldg., Oakland 12, Calif.
THE BRIGHT STAR OF METALS
See "MAVERICK." Sunday evenings,
ABC-TV Network.
Consult your local TV listing.
“What could possibly
equal 8 men with
brick barrows?”
|
Bickerstaff
Brick Fork
(of course!)
Just one Bickerstaff Brick Fork handles a
work load that is equal to that of eight men
equipped with brick barrows! Mechanical
handling with Bickerstaff Brick Forks is
the modern and proven method . . . saving
time and money, and increasing profits.
Bickerstaff Forks are available in automatic or
hydraulic models. Tell us your handling problems ;
we will design a fork to do the job.
Write today for free illustrated folder
BICKERSTAFF., INC. Columbus, Georgia
West Coast Representatives: WALTER C, STOLL & SONS, 5028 Alhambra Ave., Los Angeles 32, California
Please say “I saw it in BeCR” BRICK & CLAY RECORD
TAM customers
nothing but the best for
Well aware of the importance of delivering consistent high quality in quantity
TAM sets the highest standards and... equips trained personnel with the latest
means to assure only the best for our customers. For instance. before being
released for shipment, representative samples from each lot of TAM opacifiers
are thoroughly evaluated in commercial bodies. Further assurance of the
best when you specify and buy from TAM.
py, Ge
PRODUCTS
TITANIUM ALLOY MFG. DIVISION
NATIONAL LEAD COMPANY 111 Broadway, New York City
TAM PRODUCTS Superpax A + Superpax « Opax
With an excellent growth potential projected
Opax S « Treopax «+ Zircopax + Double Silicates
’ - ’ , for the Ceramic Industry, TAM is prepared to
deliver quality materials in quantity.
Please say “I saw it in B&eCR”
MARCH, 1958
CONVEYORS AND ELEVATORS — Are WIRE CLOTH—And
built to your needs by Meco, available as Sa jerg pe
omplete units with framing or in compo-
nent form for purchaser assembly, Manu-
facturers Equipment Co., Dayton, Ohio.
107/Circle on Reader's Service Coupon
COLOR—Is being demanded by more
and more architects. Drakenfeld can help
you face your common brick with a color-
ful glaze, to get a premium price for you.
B. F. Drakenfeld Co., New York, N. Y.
108 ‘Circle on Reader's Service Coupon
UNIVERSAL SCREENS—-Get the facts re
garding the new, improved Universal
screens and Unilec heating by writing for
atalog #150. Universal Vibrating Screen
Cc Racine, Wis
109 /Circle on Reader's Service Coupon
1is/Cir
BOYD PRESS
TRACK PUSHER
MITTENS — Hand pads and gloves are
protection f. fr your wo kers’ hands; can
help y avoid costly injuries: made of fine
whide. Des Moines Glove & Mfg, Co..
MVM
. 119,
Ves fv nes wo
110/Cirecle on Reader's Service Coupon
SCREEN HEATERS
CRUSHING COSTS—Are reportedly cut se |
FRITS AND STAINS
f half with use of Williams heavy duty
mills: units finish grind bank run
ngle operation. Claimed to
75° f capital invest-
need for secondary 120/Ci
sshers, extra drives
Crusher & Pulverizer
ORGANIC BINDERS
MASONRY
111 /Circle on Reader's Service Coupon
MECHANICAL HANDLING—Of brick by
se of Bickerstaff For ed in more than
labor costs in
h opera? : sding and un 121/Cirele mn Re
CYLINDER BOOSTERS v } adina > enees the verd. etc.
neg ' ' : t Ga. SCREEN PLATES
Six
112/Circle on Reader's Service Coupon
EATED— By o “series” arrange
; require fewer cables, a
SCREENS H
ent are $a
provide less power loss
heating. Downtime for 1224
and repliecement is cut
GRAY a says, with Link-Belt
DRILL SAMPLES—-
jh-velocity action for , f
accurate sizing. Link-Belt Co., Chi Dn
A
113/Cirele on Reader's Service Coupon
KILN LUBRICATION—Needs to be done
nly once in three months on cars equipped
with Timken roller bearings. One man can 123/Cire n Read
push a 30,000-lb. car without a pinch bar.
Timken Roller Bearing Co., Canton, Ohio,
114/Cirele on Reader's Service Coupon
OPTICAL PYROMETER
; ome can Ses TRUCK CRANE
sc 6
DRYER CARS—By Chase are reported to
ost less, last longer: said to he used in
80% of clay products plants. Both initial
investment and maintenance costs are low.
Chase Foundry & Mfg. Co., Columbus,
LEAHY SCREENS—A sid to have ad Ohiec
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oupon
a ‘
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ROCKFACER—Can transform 2,000
nad grade br per ° r st
sae ss 6 re
SCREEN SECTIONS—For al! makes of
screen can be supplied by Tyler. Made in
any mesh or metal, they're made up with tes hammer-and-chisel methods; assure
hook-strip or bent edge construction to hipped edg aying a neat
suit the machine. W. S. Tyler Co., Cleve- ise quicker, Rockfacer Co., Mesquite
and 14, Ohio.
116/Cirecle on Reader's Service Coupon
Please say “I saw it in B&ECR”
125/Circle on Reader's Service Coupon
BRICK & CLAY RECORD
384 GRINDER—A ; VIBRAPAC — Besser machine is designed SPEED REDUCERS—The Torque-Arm shaft
for automation, with automatic feed con-
, ; tre automatic height control. UPT (Uni ' ‘ ta ‘
Pressed Top) eliminates all. core plate
M marks. Besser-Mat ads green block and t ' j flex
M nioads cured block, automatically. Many
126/( eon Read Se e Coupor ther teature ich as automat ubrica N
tion, are available in Vibrapac. Besser C M
THAYER SCALES Alt
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fact
YALE TRUCKS—Give you wide-angle \
127 /¢ ‘ Reade S
AUGER WINGS
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OHIO KILNS
5 na
128/¢ ‘ ‘ e : Sha ) e Tile. Maijenica Tile and
ONE-HAND PUSHING
138/Circle on Reader's Service Coupon
TERRALOADER
129 /¢ ‘ I ‘ Service Coup
LW PLANTS
How to Get
Rush Information
: M lf you want further information or litera 145 . Reade S r \
ture describing the products in this spe
sani ; i cial feature ust use the handy card
you will find on page !8. Our Reader's CAR TOPS
ONE MAN STRAPPING Service Dept will see that you obtain
the requested information as quickly as Mak
possible
BRICK MACHINE—And
BRICK DIES lies, sedis toa Ges iaeeiaiien, ee VEAL BUFFALO FANS—CR radial blade fan wa
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CONTROLLED DRYERS Robinsor B Philadelphia, Pa 147 Reader’s Service Cous
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BLACK CORING REDUCED
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ONE SHOVEL—at ean Ohio plant handles sut stice } air powes
, all pit work for making 70 million brick nd t perat
N
d . @ year: two round-the-clock plants depend t yndie to pow
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on The shove tput. User is said t ke c } to f jeterry 3 ter
ALLIED KILNS — Lehigh Sewer Pipe he in ante thaweh antk Gentath: aatbeleen and ‘ a
. .
sn Allied el | f th w nq crawlers and other features of his traps pals Gre applied and strapping
t at Fort Doda wa. Allied Ena Marion !|-vard shovel. Marion Power Shovel + wast A
Oh
Co
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Marion
Reader
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MARCH, 1958
BeW KAOWOOL
Gives data on many uses of
2000 F refractory ceramic fiber
* ¥@rsatiie
B&W Kaowool, the "elractory Snes en
2000 F ceramic fiber, is retains aa ar
now giving long eco- ED eer © 20005
nomical service in
ceramic applications.
For example, B&W
Kaowool is used for
expansion joints in car
tops, as well as for roof
and wall sections of
ceramic kilns. Write for
new bulletin giving help-
ful data on B&W
Kaowool, the easy-to-
apply ceramic fiber that
withstands temperatures
to 2000 F.
Baw REFRACTORIES PRODUCTS: BE 8 co Ch
B&W Alimul Firebrick « B&W BO Firebrick ¢ B&W Junior
Firebrick « B&W Insulating Firebrick ¢ B&W Refractory & WILCO
Castabies, Plastics and Mortars « B&W Silicon Carbide « "WE BAacocy,
B&W Ramming Mixes « B&W Kaowool WE PRACTOm gs Wlicox <o
OFtices Sane Ss ©'Vi sion .
WOans 4v6us
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ve say “I saw it in B&CR” BRICK & CLAY RECORD
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Glazes used for structural brick and tile call Since ceramic glazes are affected by the com-
for top quality glaze constituents. That’s why _ position of the bodies to which they are
Ultrox® Zirconium Opacifiers are selected applied and the firing conditions to which
wherever glaze specifications demand uni- they are subjected, standard glaze formula-
formity in color and texture, stability at speci- tions may need to be modified for the best
fic glaze maturing temperatures, maximum _ results. Metal & Thermit’s technical service
opacity at minimum cost, and other desirable | department has developed hundreds of such
properties. formulations and adapted them to specific
body compositions and firing conditions. We
will be glad to help on your formulation or
ceramic glaze problems, too. Just write, or
give us a call.
METAL & THERM IT
CORFORATION
GENERAL OFFICEN: RAHWAY, NEW JERSEY
METAL & THERMIT—UNITEO CHROMIUM OF CANADA, LIMITED © REXDALE, ONT,
MARCH, 1958 Please say “I saw it in BECR”
Diamond Blade
Clip; has anno a new dia-
unusually
offering
mond blade, reported to give
efficient, rapid cutting while
extended blade life. The CD-7245-3 is
a 3/lit diamond blade _ especially
suited to cutting of products contain-
aggregates and oO basic refrac-
ipper Mfg. Co., Kansas ‘
Se
ty, Mo
Dial Potentiometer
A new indicating version of the Dy-
namaster self-balancing electronic po-
tentiometer or bridge is being made by
Bristol. The indicator is designed for
use where legibility of the indicating
scale from a greater distance is an im-
portant factor. No recording, the in-
strument indicates only.
Bristol Co., Waterbury 20, Conn.
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18
Pipe Lifter
Cady is now
‘
welded standard lifter
ifter has 2250 lb. capacity;
it storage and in the field. Can be
easily carried from place to place by
one man, Custom models for other pipe
available. The lifter was
designed for use with concrete pipe but
would seem to be very usable for clay
engtns are
pipe also
Cady Metal Fabricating Co., North
nawanda, N.Y.
eon Read
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Electric Fork Trucks
An entirely new line of electric pow-
ered fork trucks has been announced
by Clark. Named the Clarklift Electric,
the new units are available at present
producing a new all-
or handling all
types of pipe in 4-ft. lengths. The
loads, un-
oads and transports pipe in the yard,
in only 2,000 lb. capacity models; addi-
tional models with greater capacity
will be ready later. Major components
of electric and gas models of similar
capacities are interchangeable. Use of
a new “carbon pile” drive control is re-
ported to permit constantly smooth ac-
celeration from standstill to maximum
drive.
Clark Equipment C«
Mich.
153 Circle on Reader
Battle Creek,
Surface Pyrometer
Pyrometer Service has a new model
surface pyrometer, model #1331. The
company says that by
proper pickup element, the 1331 pyro-
meter
selecting the
measures temperatures up to
1500F on flat or curved surfaces, plat-
ens, injection molding heads, revolving
drums or shifts, etc. Swivel head per-
mits operator to measure temperature
at any angle or deflection
Pyrometer Service Co., Inc.,
Arlington, N.J.
154/Cirele on Reader Service
North
Dump Bucket Scoops
Hydraulic and mechanical dump
bucket scoops are now offered as op-
tional equipment on the line of electric
fork trucks by Lewis-Shepard. The
scoop is available in either 5 or 10 cu.
ft. capacities.
Lewis-Shepard
town, Mass.
Products, Water-
155/Circle on Reader's Service Coupon
BRICK & CLAY RECORD
Test Sieve Shaker
Syntron has introduced a new, im-
proved vibrating test sieve shaker
Improved features include a more pow-
erful electromagnetic drive to give
more rapid gradation plus a rheostat-
voltmeter combination that enables the
user to operate the unit at a constant
90 volts to maintain identical condi-
tions for accurate comparison tests.
Syntron Co., Homer City, Pa.
156/Cirele on Reader's Service Coupon
Dura-Temp Fans
A new line of high temperature heat
fans, called Dura-Temp Heat Fans, has
been announced by General Blower.
The design reportedly utilizes a new
principle for keeping the bearings in
cooler operating zones. A _ rotating
member of dissimilar alloy, fitted to
the shaft, radiates and circulates am-
bient heat away from the bearing
areas. The line of fans runs from 600
to 30,000 C.F.M.; temperatures rang-
ing to 1650F.
General Blower Co., Morton Grove,
Ill.
157/Circle on Reader's Service Coupon
MARCH, 1958
Heat Resistant Coating
A new, durable paint for iron and
steel and their alloys, withstanding
1500 deg., is now being made. Called
Endura-temp, it’s reported to multi-
ply the useful life of such things as
engine mufflers and exhausts; re-
duces faintenance and repairs on
stacks, heaters, etc. The product uses
fine ceramic frits; 75% of Eudura-
temp are solids; brushed, sprayed or
dipped on clean metal surfaces. Pri-
mers are not desirable, maker says.
Products Development Corp., Wash
ington, D.C.
158/Circle on Reader's Service Coupon
Yard Handling
New yard handling equipment by
Anthony, pictured above, is specially
adopted to handling material in yards,
with capacity of 5,000 Ibs. The unit
can be installed on either wheeled or
track type tractors by bolting directly
to the chassis. The boom is made in
lengths of from 12 to 16’; boom swings
280 degrees and can be mounted in an
18” space.
Anthony Co., Streator, II.
159/Circle on Reader's Service Coupon
Clipper Saw
Clipper has announced a new con-
crete saw, the C-180, that is reported
to feature a 23% increase in power
over the C-146, the model it replaces.
The new C-180 uses an 18 hp Wiscon-
sin engine with more powerful trans-
mission which delivers greater torque
to the drive wheels, Clipper notes.
Increased horsepower gives faster
sawing, longer blade life, and greater
engine life at no cost in maneuver-
ability, the company says.
Clipper Mfg. Co., Kansas City
8, Mo.
160/Circle on Reader's Service Coupon
Please say “I saw it in BECR”
Diesel Power Units
Two new diesel power units have
been added to the engine line of Allis-
Chalmers; the 88 hp model D-344 and
the 131 hp D-516. The former is a 4
cylinder and the latter 6 cylinder.
Both engines have 24 volt electrical
starter and generator; length in the
D-344 is 64%” from radiator to clutch,
and 807%” in the D-516
Allis-Chalmers Mfg Co., Wilwaukee,
Wis.
161/Circle on Reader's
ZeveSca
PUGMILL BLADE
CONVEYOR ROLL
Chrome Ferrous Alloy
Zevescal is a highly alloyed foundry
product, designed to produce castable
shapes, designed to resist extreme
abrasive service. When used for se-
vere wear parts, such as mixers, pad-
dles, screw feeders, etc., it is reported
to have outworn competitive materials
as much as 13-to-1. The material used
is described as a “composition of ex-
tremely hard, complex carbides, em-
bedded in a matrix of unstable aus-
tenite.”
Calumet Steel Castings Corp., Ham-
mond, Ind.
162/Circle on Reader’s Service Coupon
Epoxy Systems
Meter-Mix is handling design, manu-
facture and sale of metering, mixing
and metered dispensing systems which
are used for processing multi-compon-
ent, reactive liquid resin formulations
such as the epoxies and polyesters. Ad-
vantages are reported to include elimi-
nation of hand labor for transfer,
weighing, mixing, dispensing and ap-
plication; elimination of waste; more
uniformity of application.
Meter-Mix Corp., 253 Summer St.,
Boston, Mass.
163/Circle on Reader's Service Coupon
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CAR THAWING UNITS
by NORTH AMERICAN
“Hot Dog” Car Thawing Units include a perforated alloy radiant tube, burner, and
valves. They heat both bottoms and sides of hopper cars efficiently by both radia-
tion and convection. Note the simple but heavy cast iron construction that assures
long trouble-free life despite dirt, water, extreme temperatures, and rough usage.
4
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Suggested positions of four Car Thawing Units, wind-
breaks, piping, and controls, relative to a hopper car.
as
Car Hopper in Position over
Perforated Radiant Tubes. Journal
bearings (right) do not become
overheated.
+.
“Hot Dog” Car Thawing Units are
located between the tracks at
track level and 3’ outside each
rail just above the journals.
For engineering information con-
sult your nearby N.A. office or
write for Bulletin 5854. W
Three “Hot Dogs” in Operation.
Note rails between first and .
second and beyond third tube.
£ a WLW Co) ate WsCecl-salelode Ms \/loteltbictosibhabele mm Gres
comm S16 COMBUSTION ENGINEERS
LEV ELAN I } OH I
Please say “I saw it in B&ECR” BRICK & CLAY RECORD
Today’s industries need Towmotor Continuous Operation
New Towmotor “Constant-Power” Lift
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am evolve ond even shift side
woys ofte versatility thet soves
manhours dollars doily
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It's easy to see how Towmotor fork lift trucks With Towmotor fork lift trucks more work
built a reputation for modern n i gets done with less fatigue. Motion-saving
efficiency centralized control—cushioned-comfort seat-
As standard equipment you get engineering ing—dual entry compartment — high free lift
advances like the new Towmotor “nc-power are other standard features that give you
loss" pump that guarantees instant response convincing reasons for buying modern
and constant lifting action. Towmotor opera Towmotor-Gerlinger equipment
Poce-Maker’’ Series Model 540 tors get positive control in raising, lowering For latest information on the industry's
s typical of new fork Jift trucks in and positioning loads. Handling tons of ma most complete line, send coupon below
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Towmolorque Drive adds cushioned Address
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R/M Poly-V° Drive Delivers More Power in Less Space
gow
. ‘More ued tas. Dollar’
R/M’s patented new drive design is the reason. R/M
Poly-V Drive employs a _ single, endless, parallel
V-ribbed belt running on sheaves designed to mate pre-
cisely with the belt ribs. Flat belt strength and simplic-
ity plus the high V-groove grip of V-belts adds up to
twice the tractive surface of ordinary multiple V-belts.
It’s proved in actual performance on drive after drive,
to deliver up to 50° more power in the same space as a
multiple- belt drive .. . equal power in as little as *4 the
space! Other features are equally important:
@ No Belt “Matching”
Downtime Costs
Reduced
Problems
@ Uniform Tension and Constant Speed Ratios—
No Load to Full Load!
BELTS * HOSE « ROLL COVERINGS + TANK
@ Smoother, Cooler Running . . . Oil Proof, Non
Spark, Heat Resistant
@ Less Shaft Overhang.. .
@ Two Belt Cross Sections Meet Every Heavy Duty
Power Transmission Requirement
Less Drive Weight
Greater power delivery and dependability for every
drive dollar begins when you specify R/M Poly-V*
Drive. R/M engineers who developed it will assist you
in determining the best installation for your applica-
tion. Contact your R/M representative . . . or write for
Poly-V Drive Bulletin #6638.
*Poly-V is a registered Raybestos-Manhattan trademark.
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MANHATTAN RUBBER DIVISION—PASSAIC, NEW JERSEY
RAYBESTOS
MANHATTAN,
INC.
Other R/M products: Abrasive and Diamond Wheels * Brake Blocks and Linings * Clutch Facings * Asbestos Textiles * Mechanical
Packings + Engineered Plastics * Sintered Metal Products * industrial Adhesives + Laundry Pads and Covers * Bowling Balls
Please say “I saw it in BECR”
BRICK & CLAY RECORD
How to cut damage—expedite handling
Increase
wet green strength
with
Additive-A
from
Kimberly-Clark
ADDITIVE-A
Where tight control of several variables means better bricks, increasing wet green plastic strength is vital. This
greater strength together with improved plasticity is readily achieved by adding Kimberly-Clark’s Additive-A
to the tempering water.
Here's what Additive-A—new, multi-purpose clay improver—will do for you: Increase green plastic strength «
Permit reduction of tempering water « Cut dryer loss « Reduce laminations « Improve workability of the clay
« Increase dry green strength « Permit more even temper « Extend life of augers, knives, dies and liners « Control
scumming « Upgrade quality of all ware.
Write for descriptive folder, to:
Kimberly-Clark IC Corporation - NeEnan, wisconsin
CHEMICAL PRODUCTS
MARCH, 1958 Please say “I saw it in B&eCR”
Crane Ylaging
..-the certain way to increase your capacity
almost 50%...without expanding facilities
~
Savings in kiln car space f ~ .
means more tonnage d #
per kiln car. Ceramic \
glazing makes it possible >
because you can nest
small pipe inside larger
pipe as practiced by
those pipe manufacturers
who are using ceramic
glazing to increase
production, lengthen
life of tunnel kiln,
increase the strength of
pipe and, overall, have a
more saleable product.
Pemco’s engineers
and the facilities of
Pemco’s Research and
Development Laboratory
are at your service.
Send for Bulletin # 5008
which outlines the
advantages of ceramic
glazing, the benefits of
Pemco Ceramic Glazes
and how Pemco will work
with you in developing
the glaze and process
that meets your specific
requirements.
photo courtesy American Vitrified Products Co.
PEMCO corporation su| seroma, ut roe
BALTIMORE 24, MARYLAND give you perfect uniformity with zinc
or zincless glazes, matt or glossy
World's Largest Manufacturer of Glazes finishes . . . in the Institute's Standard
for The Ceramic Industry Colors or in special colors to match
your specifications.
Please say “I saw it in B&eCR” BRICK & CLAY RECORD
CHAMBERS MAKES THE CUTTERS FOR YOUR JOB!
BRICK or
(above) Brick Cutter with 21-brick
pleten—8"" norman or SCR—with
built-in pulley for off bearing belt
CAPACITY IN CROSS SECTIONS
#30 & F331 1’ x11" |
9" x 13%" | Green
#328 #33 14” x 14” }
12” x16" > Green
8” x 18”
CONTROL SYSTEM Reciprocating mo- PLATENS
tions are under air control, with tied-in air
clutches to actuate rotary motion. All actu-
For either brick or tile
ating cams are adjustable to fit any produc-
tion problem, and the control valves in the Maximum number of brick: 27 per
main panel supply sensitive contro] adjust-
ment during operation
SPECIAL FEATURES— Measuring conveyor (Std., 3
can be built in any length to suit plant conditions. Off
bearing belt tail pulley with take-up can be supplied
with cutter (see Brick Cutter above). Lifting
sembly can be motorized on order
xilt with vertical
Write today for further details
cutting angles. The unique Chambers
manufacture. All platens are quick-
ADJUSTMENTS—One-poi
untees perfect alignment
(below) Tile Cutter with 12 5°*-t'le
cuts. Measuring conveyor adjustable
for height to motch platen levels
for any product
SPEED
Max, operating:
18 Cuts/ Min
atens are built at any level to provide optimum wire
ijustable platen is ideally suited for refractories
ts that do not disturb the alignment of the
reel and gear assembly. In any model, platen lengths of 42”, 54”, or 68” can be supplied.
Maximum length of tile: 5 12” pieces
leveling and side adjustment guar-
with extruder. Measuring belt can be
ijustment if platens of different levels are
jack as- used (see Tile Cutter above
SERVING YOUR INDUSTRY FOR OVER 100 YEARS
CHAMBERS
52nd & Media Streets - PHILADELPHIA 31, PA.
MARCH, 1958 Please say “I saw it in B&CR”
WILLIAMS
REVERSIBLE
IMPACTOR
©100% impact Reduction
eNo Friction Or Abrasion
eUnobstructed Discharge
eLess Upkeep Expense
manganese steel impact blocks. hammers and
steel plate construction. Extra lerge shafts.
are mounted in oversize bearings sealed in self-aligning housings.
Lower Cost Crushing And Grinding
Will reduce clay and shale direct from the bank tion, rotated to the right today, to the left to-
to 8, 10 mesh, or finer, for burned ware. Reduces morrow thereby giving double hammer life. Im-
its own screen tailings. 100°, impact action per- pact blocks adjustable for wear and fineness of
mits reduction of abrasive materials with lower product. Finished material is discharged freely
upkeep expense. Material falls between the ham- which further lessens upkeep expense. A size
mers which throw it against the impact blocks, for every job. Describe your work and let us
setting up a repeated ricochet action and the tell you about one for your use.
reduction is entirely by impact with no wearing,
abrasive, grinding action thereby lessening wear WILLIAMS PATENT CRUSHER & PULVERIZER CO.
on parts. Hammers can be rotated in either direc- 2709 North Broadway St. Louis 6, Mo.
- ise . ; YY
Helix-Seal Roller Air Vibrating = —_- Feeders WiORTARS 3
Mills Mills Separators Screens Oldest and Largest Monvfacturers of Hammer Mills in the World
Please say “I saw it in B&ECR” BRICK & CLAY RECORD
SUBSTANTIAL * DURABLE ¢* FIRE PROOF
Complete building installations of the new Columbia Brick & Tile Co. plant, Columbia, S. C.
Speedily Erected, Our Construction is Completely Flexible,
Adapted to Your Individual Needs
Ask Any of Our Satisfied Customers About Our Service
eo
CLAY STORAGE SHEOS KIN BUILDINGS MACHINE QUILOINGS STOCK SHEDS GRINDING ROOMS
R. G. VARNER STEEL PRODUCTS, INC.
MARCH, 1958 Please say “I saw it in BeCR”
cut replacement cost
by as much as 50%!
It's a fact nine out of ten users of
PACO CAR TOPS are satisfied customers
and all report replacement savings up to
50%! For the utmost in service, you require
a good first quality car top, highly resistant
ToMEyololiflal> MMe lie Me Me lelol> Male Mole le MBL 51)
and you get just thet when you standardize
on PACO
You and your plant can enjoy these in
créased savings simply by placing a trial
order. There is a PACO engineer as close
as your telephone or write us direct for
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Manufactured by
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PYROPHYLLITE Co., INC.
GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
Telephone BR 4-7055
OTHER PACO PRODUCTS INCLUDE * PACO PLASTIC * PACOCAST * PACO H.T. CEMENTS
* PACO FIRE BRICK MORTAR * PACO SIDE CAR BRICK * PACO FIRE BRICK
* PACO LADLE LINING * PACO HEATZONE COMPOUND
Please say “I saw it in B&CR” BRICK & CLAY RECORD
Save up to $2000
SEE and COMPARE the Case’
Terraload’r before you buy
A free demonstration will quickly convince you
that the new Case W-9 Terraload’r will outperform
competitive four-wheei-drive loaders costing up to
$2000 more. Main reason is the W-9 has better
balance and stability to maintain traction on all
four drive-wheels, when digging or traveling with
heavy loads. Short, rigid lift arms — pivoted
AHEAD of operator — give better visibility, in-
crease dumping reach, and eliminate danger of
catching operator’s arm in lifting mechanism.
Like other Case industrial wheel and crawler units,
the W-9 Terraload’r is sold and serviced under
one factory warranty, by reliable Case heavy con-
struction machinery dealers everywhere. Fifteen
centralized Case industrial parts depots insure
fast delivery of parts anywhere in the U.S. and
Canada. Long-term financing and LEASE plans
are also available to help you obtain new equip-
ment now on easy monthly terms, without tying-
up needed capital. Mail coupon for full details.
CASE
Sed
1st in Quality for over 100 years
Quick facts
@ 1% to 2% cu. yd. heaped capacity
@ 11,000 Ibs. break-out force, 5,500 Ibs. carrying capacity
@ Four-wheel-drive, with rear-wheel power-steering
@ Power-boosting torque converter, plus full power-shift in all
speed ranges, as well as forward and reverse.
@ Choice of 4-cylinder valve-in-head Case diesel or gasoline
engine for maximum operating economy
Chp...metl for bree caitalog
J. 1. CASE C0., Dept. C1368 Racine, Wis., U.S.A.
(] Send free catalog on W-9 Terraload'r
(_] Have dealer representative call
Company
Address
C-TL-149
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Blue Book and A.C.S. Convention Issue, featuring the most
comprehensive survey of the industry's plans for 1958, plus all
the regular convention features. One of the most important is-
’
sues of all time!
Clay Pipe Feature Issue. Announces the inauguration of the
i vMAYW Research Center, its impact on the industry and future. An
V
annual feature promoting the products of the clay pipe industry.
A three-star issue in itself, featuring “A Salute to the State of
iat ad i ay a Indiana”—(The Hoosier State)—“A.C.S. Convention Report’”—
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A fifteen-year forecast for the building industry and its impact
on the clay products industry. This report is a long-range study
with reviews for future expansion and designing.
THREE BIG FEATURE ISSUES
FOR READER AND ADVERTISER!
APRIL “Blue Book” ISSUE—March 26
ADVERTISING
DEADLINES MAY “Clay Pipe” ISSUE—April 26
JUNE “Indiana Salute’ ISSUE—May 26
with Industry Reviews and ACS Report
DON’T MISS THEM!
FHIGLE & GIG Record
5 So. Wabash Avenue °* Chicago 3, Illinois
PHONE: FRanklin 2-6880
«..roll-back bucket gives
cleaner, faster operation...”
. “This (MODEL HU ‘PAYLOADER’) is a very versatile
machine... we use it for everything, from stockpile work
to charging bins, yard cleanup and plant maintenance.”
These are the words of Gordon Robinson, Manager of the
Standard Block Company of Green Island, New York. His firm
manufactures concrete block products and mason supplies, serv-
ing an area within a 60-mile radius of the plant. Earlier this
year the plant underwent a modernization program in which
the new 4-wheel-drive HU “PAYLOADER” replaced another front
end loader.
The results have been gratifying because plant production has
increased 50% in the past year. And speaking of results, this is
what Mr. Robinson says about the HU’s production .. .
"The roll-back bucket feature gives cleaner and faster
operation over our previous straight bucket method!”
If you are thinking of modernizing your plant or replacing
mechanized yard handling equipment, it will pay you to con-
sult with your nearby Hough Distributor. He will give you
all the facts and features of the Model HU and the two larger
sizes of 4-wheel-drive “PAYLOADER” tractor-shovels (load carry
capacities up to 9,000 lbs.). A demonstration will convince you
they are the most productive units, size for size, available today.
PAYLOADER'’ KH
MANUFACTURED BY
THE FRANK G. HOUGH CO. LIBERTYVILLE, ILL.
SUBSIOIARY—INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY
EXCLUSIVE HOUGH FEATURE:
This is one of the reasons a “PAYLOADER” out-
produces any unit of comparable size — a tremendous
pry-out force can be exerted at the bucket digging
edge by using the break-out pads at the bottom of
the lifting arms as a ground support or fulcrum.
Pads transfer load stresses into the ground, mot the
front axle.
THE FRANK G. HOUGH CO.
753 Sunnyside Ave., Libertyville, Ill.
Send data on “PAYLOADER” tractor-shovel models:
| | HA (2,000 Ibs. carry) and HAH (3,000 Ibs. carry)
] Larger models to 9,000 ibs. carry capacity
NAME
TITLE
COMPANY
STREET
city
1-B-4
% This is the 142nd of a series of
ads featuring leaders in the Concrete
Products Industry who ore stepping
up block production with Besser
Vibrapac machines.
:
VIBAAPH I
Another
= LEADER in
the Block
Industry...
Far-away New Zealand Block Plant
Specifies BESSER VIBRAPACS
A New Zealand firm, Vibrapac Blocks Limited, has proven unusually successful
in the business of producing high quality concrete block. As their name implies, they
operate two Besser Vibrapacs . . . one installed in 1951 at their Christchurch
plant and another one added recently at the Dunedin plant.
Although 11,000 miles from the Besser factory at Alpena, this progressive New
Zealand firm has been able to keep their Vibrapac going continuously. General
Manager J. D. Broome states: “Our Vibrapac machine, as you know, is five years
old, during which time it has not had a major breakdown of any kind . . .
I am convinced, after a recent visit to your country, that the Besser Vibrapac
is pre-eminent in the world in the field of concrete block machines.”
If you want to produce quality block with assurance
of continuous, uninterrupted production, you can always
rely on Besser Vibrapacs. Why not get all the facts?
Contact your nearby Besser representative — today.
J. D. Broome, General Manager of
Vibrapac Blocks Limited,
BESSER Company en ete ae
Dept. 139, ALPENA, MICHIGAN, U.S. A,
First in Concrete Block Machines q whor's in a name? This progressive
New Zealand plant chose “Vibrapac
Blocks Limited,” in order to cash
in on the Besser Company's extensive
Promotion of Vibrapac Block.
& ry ete: One of the Besser Vibrapacs in
the New Zealand plant. Off-bearer
is ready to remove green block
Yard scene showing cubes of Vibrapac Block, with help of Besser Power Off-
= in neat piles, ready for delivery. bearing Hoist.
2 wa
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Lift truck raising a cube of Vibrapac
Block onto delivery truck
March, 1958 Vol. 132, No. 3
5 SOUTH WABASH AVE.
CHICAGO 3, ILL.
FRanklin 2-6880
Estabiished 1892.
@ now in 67th year.
*Fred L. Steinhoff, Publisher
*J. J. Svec, Assistant Publisher
Jack B. Anderson, Associate Editor
Eimer Spain, Technical Editor
M. J. Skodon, Mgr., Publication Printing
Lyan H. Campbell, Research & Merchan-
dising Mgr.
Walter W. Koch, Art Director
R. H. Lash, Exec. Dir. of Circulation
H. G. Love, Circulation Director
*Edward Dietterie, 3834 Monteith Dr., Los
Angeles 43, Calif. West Coast Editorial
Representative
Adverteing Sales Representatives
address all correspondence regarding
copy, instruction and cuts to:
Chicago Office: 5 S. Wabash Ave., Chi-
cago 3, Ill, FRanklin 2-6880
John H. Yan Deventer, Vice President,
Gen'l Saies Mgr.
Fioyd M. Burdick, Business Manager
Roy Barron, Asst. Business Manager
S. J. Hoganson, Promotion Director
New York: Albert S. Robinson, Vice Presi-
dent, 420 Lexington Ave., Room 846,
NYC 17. Phone: Murray Hill 3-2877
East Central: Richard F. Burkhart, Room
2138, The B. F. Keith Building, 162!
Euclid Avenue, Cleveland 15, Ohio. Phone:
PRospect |-1312, 1-1313, 1-1314
Southern: John M. Printup, {21 S. E.
First St., Miami, Fle., Phone: Franklin 9-2668
California: Wentworth Green Com-
pony, 439 S. Western Ave., Los —
5, Dunkirk 7-8135; (A. S$. Bab-
cock) 605 Market St., Sen Francisco 5,
Phone YUkon 2-3954
Pacific Northwest: Frank J. McHugh,
Jr., 520 S.W. 6th Ave., Portland 4, Ore-
gon, Phone CApital 6-256!
Seattle: Frank J. McHugh Co., Thomas A.
Knowles, 101 Jones Bidg., Seattle I,
Wash.; SEneca 3840.
*Ceramic Engineering Staff.
CONTRACTS. Formal acceptance made only at
Chicago. DEADLINES. Advertisi material
requiring proofs must be received in Chicago
by the 24th of the presediog, month; Final Space
Reservations by the 28th of preceding =
complete plates received by
vious.
SUBSCRIPTIONS: U.S.A. and Canada, $5.00 for
One year; $10.00 — Three ee
‘Current issue), 75 cents, ys ee
ior Back Issues, $/.00, me. Rates, $7.00 per
year; three yeors, $15.00.
Published mosthly and omens 1958 by
peg 4 gat he 5 S. Wabes
Ch %, U.S.A. Maurice P. Driscoll
president: F. 'stelahott Exec. Vice President &
Treasurer; C. x Lacey, Secret ary.
BRICK AND 9 RECORD is indexed by Engi-
neering Index, | .
How Can Our Industry Miss?
At no time in the memory of any heavy clay products man has the
future of this industry been so bright and promising. The industry is
closer-knit and more unified than ever before. Its single-mindedness
of purpose has never been spelled out so clearly at any past period.
To add to all of that, it is making, or will make very soon, exactly
the products that the architect and builder are looking for.
How can the industry miss?
The architect today is looking for color. He wants large units such
as panels. He wants lighter weight and lower costs.
The heavy clay products industry can, and will, give him everything
he wants. What is not already available, such as color and low cost,
will be available very shortly. Besides, clay products give one addi-
tional quality that is sorely needed among products now in use—and
that is permanence.
Here’s what our industry has to offer: 1) color; 2) panels; 3) light
weight; 4) low cost; and 5), permanence.
Let's put a lot of these good factors together and really run with
the ball. Add the products to our industry unity and we have a really
unbeatable combination.
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Is Labor Losing
lts Fat?
Will the easing of labor conditions cut the fatty costs
out of housing? These significant events occurred recently,
any of which may have a significant bearing on the cost
of future construction.
Lester Rogers, of Bates & Rogers Construction Corp. of
Chicago, and past president of Associated General Con-
tractors, demanded of the building industry trades that
contractors get a full day’s work for a full day's pay. No
make-work practices, feather-bedding or slowdowns
would be tolerated.
At the same AGC meeting, Richard J. Gray, president
of Building and Construction Trades Dept., AFL-CIO, Wash-
ington, D. C., made a declaration of principle for the
trades. It encompassed 1), selection of foreman and su-
pervisors as being the employer's responsibility, 2) a weld-
ing torch is a tool of the trade having jurisdiction over the
work welded, 3) workmen should be in their place of work
at the starting time and stay to quitting time, 4) no limits
on production or productivity;
5) Travel allowances are discouraged, 6) jurisdictional
disputes should not be settled without work interruption,
7) area practices are not recognized, 8) slowdowns,
spread work, feather-bedding and other make-work ideas
are condemned;
9) Stewards are workers and not non-workers, 10) no
work stoppage during grievance settlements.
In addition to the above developments, the NLRB com-
pletely reversed itself in ordering construction unions to
drop their closed shop requirements, which forced em-
ployers to hire only union members, and their illegal hiring
practices. Both employers and unions will be held equally
responsible for compliance.
lf these three monumental utterances come to pass, our
efficiency expert tells us that the cost of construction will
be cut in half.
It will make possible three deterrents to economical
practices: 1) Cut out all make work ideas and practices,
2) Will allow the use of all automatic time saving equip-
ment and tools, and 3) will permit the use of prefabricated
building materials.
Future Looks
Just Great
The October issue of BRICK & CLAY RECORD launched
a program to iriple the size of the brick and tile industry
within ten years.
In initial reactions from our readers, we have been
congratulated for our faith in the industry and its future
. and we have been criticized for over-ambitious plans.
Both Critics Right
Actually, both of these opinions are right. The industry
has a fine future and we're ambitious for an industry that
has a product which cannot be equalled.
Over the long pull, this industry has a good potential.
There are five great forces working for us:
An advertising program that has a good nu-
cleus that needs expansion
A promotion program also off to a good start
but needing expansion
A research program in full action, developing
MARCH, 1958
new and improved products
veloped top-quality sales engineers
A sales training program that has promise of
teaching every potential salesman how to
really sell clay products
At no time has the industry been so thoroughly pre-
pared to move forward. All of the forces are poised for
action. And the product itself is the best available for
the building industry. It will not oxidize as metal will;
it will not deteriorate as will plastics; weather cannot
affect it.
At no time in the recent history of this industry have
our editors been more optimistic about the future of clay
products. All of the forces of progress, mentioned earlier,
need work and devotion to bring them to full-scale re-
sults.
We believe, looking beyond the immediate future,
that over the long pull there’s a definite probability of
making our industry a big one.
Ed. Note: In the April issue, BCR will present a full roundup
of readers opinions on the future of our industry: what
they expect to happen in the years to come.
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OF THE INDUSTRY
$150,000 Tunnel Kiln
Begins Operation at Owensboro
Production expected to begin
March 1 on a new $150,000 tunnel! kiln
at Owensboro (Ky.) Brick & Tile Co.
The new installation of a 195-foot
15,000 sq. ft.
190-foot dry-
was
included a
with o
Ohio kiln
etal build ng
ers. Plant
nillion units a
red installation
upped 9
gas-
productio! will be
year by the new
division of Orbco
Brick, wl also has plants in
Boonville, Ind. William
president; Robert W.
and John E.
ward, secretary-treasurer.
Owensboro is
Pink
Roc kport and
J R chard Is
hard is vice president,
Haws Plans Added
Modernization, Research
4 modernization program during
1957 « mainly on product
yntrol at the
with offices in
sent work is aimed
oncentrated
research and quality «
Haws Ref
Johnstown, Pa. Pre
wctories Co.,
‘ » the line of Haws’ prod
to improve production meth-
ording to E. E. Slick Jr.,
general manager
work in quality
Haws has expanded their
ilities and
personnel at each of their plants; in
equipment to improve
and further tight
specifica-
presi-
of their
control,
laboratory fa technical
stalled modern
present production;
their
ened manufacturing
The program
that of °57, Slick
lant improvement
rather than in greater
similar
with em
and
1958 will be
Says,
on DD
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quality control
productior
Slick bel
a satisfactory
should
“Haws
1958.’
that
year in
ieves
Pacific Clay Buys
Western Refractories
Pacific Clay Products has broadened
its activities in the clay industry and
entered into the mining and manufac-
turing of refractory materials through
the acquisition of all patents
trade names of Western Refrac-
tories Co., Ione, Calif., President
John D. Fredericks announced.
The plant site consists of approxi-
mately 55 acres. An additional 650
acres of clay-bearing land and leases
were acquired from the Gladding Co.
The purchase was a cash transac-
tion, the terms of which were not
disclosed.
The newly purchased company, lo-
cated within 30 miles of Pacific Clay’s
Camanche, Calif., silica sand plant and
its Stockton, Calif., vitrified clay
products plant is a completely inte-
grated company, mining, producing
and delivering a wide range of refrac-
assets,
and
MARCH, 1958
materials as well as high tem-
customers’ re-
tory
perature
quirements. In addition, the company
high temperature bonding
mortars and ground materials. These
ised for the basic manu
facture of metals, glass, chemicals,
high temperature
residential con
products to
produces
materials are
, }
fueis,
paper,
powell
struction
Western Refractories Co
160,000 sq. ft. plant on rai
Facilities include a continu
sources and
occupies a
modern
trac kage
ous tunnel kiln with dryer,
kiln, and five kilns
and delivery equipment are it
periodK
the purchase
Basic, Inc. Div.
H. P. Eells, president, recently an-
nounced that the board of directors of
Basic, Inc first
9
quarter dividends of 25« per share on
Cleveland, has voted
mmon stock, payable March 31, and
dividend of $1.4375 per share on pr
red, payable April 1.
Cochran To Head
CSPA in 1958
Member manufacturers
Pipe Assoc. have
Sewe1 t
Cochran as president. J. J er
A. G
of Kaul Clay Mfg. Co. was
president; Mrs. Reva D. Smart was re-
elected secretary-treasurer.
Two directors to represent CSPA or
the national! Barton A. Holl and
W. E. Robinsor , were elected. Trustees
elected were J. V. Duffy, Thomas J
Evans III, Hudson Hillyer, Barton A.
Holl, E. W. McClave and W. E. Robin-
son.
named vice
leve i,
Depletion Committee
$100,000 Fire Hits
lilinois Clay Products
The Coal City plant of Illinois Clay
Products Co. was hit by a $100,000 fire
l Destroyed was a
green
dry,
sack clay Cause f the fire
February
lilding known as the
ng which was used to
i
ndetermined.
Schneider Elected President
for Robertsville, Mapleton
Harold A. Scheider has been elected
if the Robertsville (Ohio)
and Mapleton Clay Products
Ecrement, who
rice president
yf production.
jer has been with the two firms
years. The Mapleton firm
ntly completed t
has
ition of
equipment for use in production
addition to
bert-
the install
eramic giaze
standard salt glazed tile. R
Brick is reported to be expanding
cilities to allow for a w
lor in their product.
Gillies Board Chairman
at Grand Ledge Clay
A.R one < founders of
the Grand Ledge (Mich.) Clay Prod-
°
f the
Vas elected chairman he
a recent stockholders’ meet-
Other new officers elected were Ray-
nd Hull, president; Gerald McCoy,
vice president; Bruce Decke, secretary-
manager. Forrest Smith was elected to
the board of directors along with the
fficers listed above.
Meets in Washington
Members of the SCPI Depletion Committee recently met with board chairman-general
counsel Douglas Whitlock, in mid-January, to plan action on depletion matters now that
Congress is back in session.
DTS WEI OF THE INDUSTRY
Goudge Named President
of Pac. NW. B&T Assoc.
Carlton E. Goudge, vice president of
Gladding, McBean & Co., was recently
elected president of the Pacific North-
west Brick & Tile Assoc. He succeeds
John Gorin of Lowell Brick & Tile.
Hungerford Goudge
R. M. Hungerford, general manager
of Clayburn-Harrison, Ltd., was named
vice president
The Pullman Brick Co., Boise, Idaho,
was admitted to membership in the
association.
W. H. Sickinger Dies
William H. Sickinger, 54, president
of Mill Hall (Pa.) Clay Products Inc.,
died Feb. 21. He also was vice presi-
dent and general manager of Blair
Clay Products, Altoona, Pa.
With a lifetime career in the clay
products industry, Sickinger had been
with Mill Hall since 1947.
Vern Clevinger Dies
Vern C. Clevinger, resident manager
of the Indianapolis branch of the
Robinson Clay Products Co., died in
February. He had been with Robinson
in sales and engineering since 1949
Sales, Earnings Tops
in Pacific Clay History
Sales and earnings of Pacific Clay
Products in 1957 were the best in his
tory, President John D. Fredericks
said today in his annual report to
shareholders
Net sales for 1957 were $8,822,686
as compared with $8,117,707 for 1956.
Earnings of the company were re-
ported on two different depletion al-
lowance bases. Recent court decisions
have granted other taxpayers a more
favorable basis for the computation of
percentage depletion deductions on
clay mined than that used by Pacific
Clay Products in providing for Federal
income taxes on its books. The com-
pany has claimed additional percent-
age depletion deductions on this more
favorable basis, the amount of which
will approximate $1,300,000 for the
years through 1957 with approximate-
ly $300,000 to $400,000 being applica-
ble to each of the years 1956 and 1957.
38
In the opinion of the company’s tax
counsel, these amounts will be ulti-
mately recovered.
Reflecting the benefit of the in-
creased depletion allowance of $300,-
000 to $400,000 for each of these years,
per share earnings for 1957 would be
$3.10 to $3.29 as compared with $2.83
to $3.02 for 1956.
On the basis of depletion allowed by
the Internal Revenue Service to date,
net income after all charges amounted
to $1,301,739 equal to $2.52 per share
on the 516,374 shares of capital stock
outstanding on December 31 last.
Earnings in 1956 were $1,161,331 or
2.25 per share on the 515,760 shares
outstanding at the close of the year.
Spangler Elected
To Haws Board
A new director, Wilson H. Spangler,
has been elected to the board of direc-
tors of Haws Refractories Co., Johns-
town, Pa.
Spangler has been the firm’s secre-
tary-treasurer since 1954. He replaces
R. P. Rickard who plans to retire,
after service also as vice president and
sales manager. Rickard has been with
Haws since 1918; Spangler has been
>
with them 35 years.
Swank's Sons Expects
Good Year in ‘58
Albert M. W. Swank, president of
Hiram Swank’s Sons of Johnstown,
Pa., has said that “We look forward
to 1958 being a normal good year.
We have completed one of the best
years in our 101 years of business.”
Since major steel firms in the area
have predicted the same “normal good
year,” Swank’s expects that their
business will follow.
At the firm’s Johnstown plant, an
automatic heat-control program has
been virtually completed on the new
periodic kilns. The Swank’s company
plans installation of similar equip-
ment at its three other plants. Addi-
tional effort will be made along the
lines of one-level operations and in
research.
Bleininger Award Given
to Dr. Alexander Silverman
Dr. Alexander Silverman, Professor
Emeritus of Chemistry at the Univ.
of Pittsburgh, has been chosen to re-
ceive the 1958 Albert V. Bleininger
Award. The announcement was made
at a December meeting of the Pitts-
burgh Section, ACS.
The award will be presented at an
award dinner to be held March 14,
1958, at the Penn-Sheraton Hotel in
Pittsburgh.
Fallon Named Norton VP,
Renamed Refractories GM
William G. Fallon was made a vice
president, director and executive
board member of Norton Company at
the firm’s 73rd annual meeting Jan-
uary 21. He was reappointed general
manager of the company’s Refrac-
tories Division.
George N. Jeppson was re-elected
Chairman of the Board and Milton P.
Higgins was re-elected president.
Howard G. Seaman of Troy, N. Y.,
was named to the board of directors
of the Behr-Manning Company, a Nor-
t@n Division. Seaman is president of
orton Pike Company of Littleton,
N. H., and Manager of Tape Product
Sales at Behr-Manning.
Fallon has been general manager
of the Refractories Division since it
was established in September 1956.
The 41-year-old executive joined Nor-
ton Company in 1943 as a member of
the manufacturing control depart-
ment following three years as a teach-
er in secondary schools in Providence,
Rhode Island, Minneapolis, Minnesota,
and Grafton, Massachusetts. In suc-
ceeding positions he served as Engi-
neer of Refractory Products and staff
engineer to the Plants Engineer. In
1951 he went to Johannesburg, South
Africa, to be the first works manager
of the most recently built Norton
overseas grinding wheel plant.
In his report to the stockholders,
President Higgins stated that in 1957
“sales of all Norton organizations,
domestic and foreign, were $177,000,-
000 ...an increase of 3% over 1956.”
Borchert, Gunderson
Named by Darlington
Robert L. Borchert has been named
manager of western sales, and Glen A.
Gunderson manager of eastern sales,
for Darlington Brick Co., according to
an announcement by George C. Ander-
son, vice president of sales, Central
Gunderson Borchert
Commercial Co., Chicago. Borchert
will be headquartered in the Chicago
office while Gunderson will be at the
branch offices in Bound Brook, N. J.
The promotions have resulted, An-
derson says, because of increasing
demand for Darlington Royal face
brick and the new Darlington Staso
glazed brick. The move also follows
a factory expansion.
BRICK & CLAY RECORD
DTS WEI OF THE INDUSTRY
B&CR Board Chairman
H. H. Rosenberg Dies
Concrete Plant Acquired by
American Vitrified
The American Vitrified Products
Co., with general offices located in
Cleveland, Ohio, announced the ac-
quisition of the Tulley Concerte
Products Co. of St. Louis, Mo. This
added facility will enable American
Vitrified to manufacture and market
concrete pipe and kindred products in
the greater St. Louis area, which has
heretofore been out of its reach due
to restrictive freight rates.
This latest plant addition
American Vitrified 14 clay and con-
crete pipe manufacturing facilities
located throughout the states of In-
diana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Ohio, Mis-
souri, Michigan and California.
gives
Peck Hill Retires
From Stillwater
P. I. (Peck) Hill, vice-president of
Stillwater Clay Products Co., in
charge of the Chicago office, has an-
nounced plans to retire after 44 years
in the clay business. He’s been with
Stillwater since 1935.
Larson Clay
Operating Again
About 90% of the employees of Lar-
son Clay Pipe Co., near Gnadenhutten,
Ohio, have returned to their jobs, ac-
cording to C. G. Nicholls, plant super-
intendent.
The men were laid off in November
when the plant started maintenance
and repair work
Harry Frease Dies
Harry E. Frease, 87, for 50 years
superintendent of plant 6 of Metro-
politan Brick Co., Canton, Ohio, died
February 18.
Pacific Clay to
Boost Stock
Pacific Clay Products stockholders
will be asked to vote on a proposal to
increase the company’s authorized
capital stock from 625,000 shares to
1 million shares at the annual meeting,
March 20, the company has announced.
The additional shares will be used for
such purposes as stock dividends, addi-
tional financing and acquisition of
securities and other properties.
MARCH, 1958
Harold H. Rosenberg, chairman of
the board and editor of BRICK AND
CLAY RECORD as well as other pub-
lications of the parent organization,
INDUSTRIAL PUBLICATIONS IN-
CORPORATED, died February 24 at
Mount Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles,
California after an extended illness
His age was seventy-five. Mr. Rosen-
berg was founder of INDUSTRIAL
PUBLICATIONS INCORPORATED.
He was born in Liverpool, England
and at the age of five was brought
to Chicago by his late parents. Mr.
Rosenberg received his early educa
tion in Chicago public schools. In 1907
he joined the Kenfield-Leach Company,
printers and publishers of trade mag
azines. Here he became manager of
the magazine, “Brick”, which was the
first of the Industrial Publications.
He founded Building Supply News,
Ceramic Industry, Ceramic Data Book,
Practical Builder, Building Material
Merchant and Wholesaler and Maso;
ry Building which is now Building
Construction Illustrated.
Mr. Rosenberg was very close to
the heavy clay products industry and
devoted a major portion of his time
and life to that industry. He constantly
counseled the industry to cooperate,
build a better industry, a better prod-
uct, and promote it more widely. Many
of his editorials influenced and changed
the course of the entire industry.
Mr. Rosenberg was a strong believer
in the essentiality of sound editorial
service as the cornerstone of success-
ful magazine publishing.
“As long as we publish magazines
that are valuable and nearly indispens-
able to our readers, our other worries
will be negligible. Bear also in mind,
in our columns, it is not how you say
it but what you say tersely. It is im-
portant to get your message across so
that your reader will understand it.
And don’t confound him by adding a
lot of unnecessary verbs, nouns and
adjectives.”
Always a foe of complacency, he
held that no firm has a right to suc-
cess, but only an opportunity to earn
it.
His overriding interest was in mer-
chandising and selling. Himself an
outstanding sales executive as well as
an editor, he could and did uncover
numerous areas of opportunity for
BRICK & CLAY RECORD readers.
Noting that all large suppliers to the
building industry had a strong dealer
distribution policy, he was disappoint-
ed in the lack of appreciation of such a
policy in the clay products industry.
And while he was strong in selling
and distribution, he was also very
much interested in the technological
advancement of the industry. He es-
pecially believed that the industry
should develop larger units, and was
one of the first to recognize lower in-
the-wall costs for clay products. He
had many friends among manufactur-
ers and distributors as well as dealers
in this field, many of whom will regret
his passing because of the dynamic
force he had been in this industry.
In 1949, nine years before his death,
Mr. Rosenberg provided for the unin-
terrupted continuation of the business
of Industrial Publications, Inc. by the
creation of a trust under which the
control of the company and ownership
of all of the stock of the corporation
passed to the key executives who have
been for many years responsible for
the operation and management of the
company.
In 1954, Mr. Rosenberg established
the present management structure,
naming Maurice P. Driscoll, then a
veteran of 20 years service in the
company, president of the corpora-
tion; Fred L. Steinhoff (34 years)
executive vice-president and treasur-
er; C. R. Lacey (34 years) secretary;
J. J. Svec (16 years), Assistant Pub-
lisher; and John H. Van Deventer (19
years), vice-president and general
sales manager.
This same management group will
continue to guide the operation of
the business. They will follow the
cardinal precept of Harold Rosen-
berg’s publishing philosophy; namely,
maximum service to readers creates
maximum values for advertisers.
39
David B. Baxter has beet
th s staff of Globe Brick Co.,
Ohio. Baxter formerly
erpool,
has beer
Schellenbach
¢
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: Siiecs
Burton
for H. K.
& Smith & R
Clevelanc
rmerly
y in
, Masor o!
Ralph Holm,
AFI
tary; and
of the Vollmar Clay Products Co. has
hased 60,000 sq. ft. of Chicago p
Materials ty of Robinson Clay Products
it a price of $70,000.
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East
was
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was
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Co.,
ANOTHER ALLIED KILN INSTALLATION
MARION BRICK
CORPORATION MARION, OHIO
Marion’s president W. S. Merriman Sr., has introduced many new
cost-reduction ideas in the company’s plant layouts, equipment and
operations—both at Morral, Ohio, and its new two-kiln plant at
Caledonia, Ohio.
Shown above is one of these, a method of setting from doth sides
belt
front of the belt, and the remaining tiers from a raised platform back
of the belt the men, more
gentle handling of the brick
ALLIED is proud to be
growing organizauon.,
of the off-bearing The green brick are set eight tiers high in
This results in faster, easier setting by
associated with this progressive, fast-
WEA Cnginttdity Qivtttion
ERRO CORPORATIO
LEVELLAND 5 rai
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41 56 STREET .
Please say “I saw it in BeCR”
Robert K. Duey, formerly chief engi-
the Southern Lightweight Ag
Richmond, Va., has
Washingt Maryland
a structural enginee?
ore
gregate Corp.,
appointed
ind Pennsylvani
ing representative, it Was
Ford,
peen
innounced
Cabell ; |
will make h I
Md Si
> mar
Frederick
nt of Charles L. Fred-
f engineering fo1
ries Co
WwW. V
Frederick
joined the company in 1945, after three
this he
tomes manu
years’ naval service rior to
Was associated wit!
rtsmouth,
facturers in Chicago and |
On
Alfred W. Allen, professor of ceramic
at the University of IIli-
if the
1958-
engineering
nois, has been elected chairman
Refractories Div. of the ACS fo:
1959.
Joseph H. Lavery has been appointed
South Carolina representative
according to
Cabell Ford,
sales
for Carolina Solite Corp.,
in announcement by A
director of sales.
Harry M. Miller Inc. has been named
to handle the advertising and publicity
for Cedar Heights Clay Co., Oak Hill,
Ohio.
Ralph E. MacDonald—sales manager
of the Pittsburgh office of
North American Refractories Co. un-
til his retirement in 1956, died Nov.
24.
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saies
John Schultz Named
GM at Galena Shale
John W. Schultz, president of Galena
(Ohio) Shale Tile & Brick Co., has
assumed the duties of general
manager of the firm. He is replacing
C. R. Houck, former GM, who has
joined Western Electric Corp. after
eight years with Galena.
also
BRICK & CLAY RECORD
A $10,000 expansion program is un-
derway at Kansas Brick & Tile, a plant
we reported on in the February issue.
Included are a crusher, screen, ex-
truder and a tile glazing process.
E. L. “Ed” Miller, Amvit president,
reports that extensive research has
been going on for two years now in
Florida. Amvit is trying to find a site
in North Florida that would be suit-
able for clay pipe manufacture. Evi-
dently Amvit plans a plant there if
they can find the necessary clay. Miller
says that 55,000 tons of vitrified pipe
were used in that state in 1955...
some imported from as far as Ohio.
Another possible plant site is near
Carthage, Tex. Southwest Research
Institute recently conducted a survey
in the county, making an audit of clay
deposits. At least three sites have been
found that look good; its said that if
these sites yield as much as a million
tons of clay, “the plant is regarded as
a certainty.”
Going back to Amvit for a moment,
word is that the White Hall, Ill. pipe
plant that Amvit recently acquired
from H. K. Porter Co., Inc., will not
be reopened. The pipe plant is too
dilapidated; however, the drain tile
plant in the same city will be re-
opened. Both plants have been idle
for several months.
The Clemson College ceramic engi-
neering department is observing its
tenth anniversary this year. Headed by
Gilbert C. Robinson, the department
was said to have helped in the estab-
lishment of 11 new industrial plants
in South Carolina.
News of some dryer installations
has come to us from Lanly Co. They
report that a “very large waste heat
dryer” is now being completed at the
new Harbisen-Walker Refractories
plant at Bessemer, Ala.; for the new
Natco plant at Bessemer, they're going
to put in four dryers for handling
telephone conduit, with each of the
Natco dryers being 40° in width, 130’
in length.
Two public service-public relations
items from Acme Brick recently came
to us. Acme has contributed $1,000 to
the Arkansas Foundation of Associated
Colleges, which is the third such gift
MARCH, 1958
from Acme. The company has also
leased a 1% acre plot in Fort Smith,
Ark., for use as a city rose garden;
the local chamber of commerce has
agreed to prepare the land for spring
planting.
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More than 1,300 sq. ft. of Hermoza
glazed ceramic tile was used to cover
the exterior surface of this smoke-
stack at the Valley Fair Shopping
Center at San Jose, Calif. The 60’, 8’
diameter stack includes tile by Glad-
ding, McBean in such colors as white,
blue, black, Silver Lining, Tomato
Red and Graphite. The architect de-
cided to treat the stack as a piece of
sculpture rather than trying to hide
it within a building.
Here’s a quote from A. C. Frisk,
president of Mason City (lowa) Brick
& Tile Co.: “Tight money for housing
and low farm prices will tend to hold
the 1958 clay products volume to about
the 1957 level. A substantial improve-
ment in either condition could result
in strong gains during the last half of
the year. The long-range outlook into
the °60’s for the industry appear ex-
cellent.”
Thomas J. Evans III, president of
Evans Pipe Co. and Evans Brick Co.
of Ohio, has been elected to the board
of directors of the Cleveland Browns,
pro football team that last year were
eastern division champs in their
league. In another election, Roger W.
Rowland, president of New Castle Re-
fractories, was elected to chairman of
the board of the Pennsylvania Manu-
facturers A ssoc,
One effect of the big eastern snows
of recent months, that we heard about,
was the collapse of 600° of an 800
long kiln shed at Kane Brick Co.,
Middletown, Mass. A combination of
heavy snow and strong winds are be-
ieved to have caused the collapse, for
ss of between $40,000 and $50,000
We're running a little late with this
item, but you might be interested to
know that there’s a proposed tour of
brick and tile works in southern Ger-
many and northern Switzerland, from
April 22 to April 30. The man who told
us about this was D. Dixon, of 76, St.
Augustine's Ave., South Croyden, Sur-
rey, England. According to our infor-
mation, which isn’t recent, these plans
were not fully confirmed. Anyone who
might be interested could get in touch
with Mr. Dixon.
Lightweight aggregate production is
the rise in Texas. Producers in
state have said that output gen-
) was highe r in 1957 than in 1956.
jre expecting a leveling-off-period
s year.
We've heard news about a machine
that’s reported to be putting terra
cotta back on the New York skyline
A 34 story NYC office building will
use six miles of terra cotta in white
mullions of ceramic veneer. The ma-
mentioned is one that extrudes
cotta in depths of 1%” and in
lengths. Saves all the money,
labor, etc. of plaster molds and hand-
pressing, the story says. The story
mentions Karl Mathiasen, president of
Federal Seaboard Terra Cotta, who is
supplying the terra cotta. The long
story gives quite a bit of information
about terra cotta colors and uses, and
the history of the product.
Considerable newspaper space also
was given, not long ago, to L. Perry
West, president of West Brothers
Brick Co. of Washington, D. C. The
story tells the West history, both man
and company, and says that “L. Perry
West has literally left his mark on al-
most every block in Washington .
he can take pride in the fact that his
product is contained in the White
House, Capitol, House and Senate . . .”
The company, in business since 1944,
was established by West's grandfather.
Another company, by the way, that
has existed a long time in the same
family is Colchester (lll.) Brick &
Tile . . . family run since the 1880's,
if we remember right. Any others who
have long family records in their com-
panies?
A Johnstown City, Tenn., architect
has designed a new type face brick for
use on 100 additional public housing
units in that city. He specified the de-
sign to save labor and material, ac-
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One of the most stimulating and successful merchandis-
ing programs we have heard about is the one which has
been running in Cleveland, Ohio. We say stimulating
because it has stimulated both business and cooperation
While reading about it, it is bound to stimulate ideas in
the minds of the readers. The Cleveland story is a basic
story of united effort joint cooperation by Cleveland
brick producers, distributors, and dealers to create an in-
creased interest in brick and tile construction among area
home builders and the public.
At the beginning a decision had to be reached as to
whether the participants wanted to spend all of their
resources on one large grandious promotion or whether
they wanted to make it a continued coordinated effort
throughout the spring and summer. It was decided to take
the latter course, for in this manner the effectiveness could
be felt throughout the year. The funds which were con-
tributed on a pro-rated basis by the sponsors went entirely
for advertising space, radio time, signs and printed ma-
terial.
Production cost for the newspaper advertising was paid
by Region 4 while the program planning and coordination
was handled by James R. Platt, Executive Director of
Region 4, Structural Clay Products Institute, and person-
ally supervised by Region 4 Engineer Steve Manyo with
headquarters in Cleveland. “Progress report luncheons”
were held regularly during the campaign.
“I Prefer Brick” ...
The inaugura! promotion, which began in early March,
was a $1,000 competition for the best answer to the state-
ment “I Prefer a Brick Home Because . . .” The program
was announced by newspaper advertising. In addition to
entry blanks in the newspapers, official entry blanks were
placed in savings and loan institutions and in brick dealer
salesrooms. Even though the contest was limited to resi-
dents of Cuyahoga County, and specified that the winner
within one year must build or buy a new brick home (ex-
terior walls at least 75% brick), there were several hun-
dred entries.
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This contest ran for six weeks. Winner of the contest
was Mrs. Stanley Westhead, a Cleveland housewife who
has actually started on a new brick home. Presentation of
the $1,000 Certificate was made by Charles W. Jauch,
Director of the Cleveland Builders Exchange, and was car-
ried in the news columns of the papers.
Sales Helps for Builders
The competition was designed from the beginning to be
of value to the builder. Every newspaper advertisement
carried the names of 15 or 20 builders and the addresses
of brick homes they had open for inspection. The ad copy
informed the public that they should look for homes which
had the big red and white “Contentment Costs Less in
a Brick Home” signs placed in front of them. Within these
homes the public found display cards with key phrases and
information which would help them with their contest
entry. The “Contentment Costs Less in a Brick Home”
theme was featured in the large newspaper ads and was
given special emphasis on small space which was carried
daily in the morning newspapers.
Offer of a free brick bar-b-que folder brought more than
500 requests in 30 days. Also it is significant to note that
as the promotion progressed, masonry builders called the
Region 4 office to find out how they could tie in with the
promotion.
Brick Home Week
After completion of the contest the sponsors of the
program decided to keep the program alive during the
normal slow selling months of June and July by the use
of the small daily “Contentment Costs Less” ads and an
occasional larger weekend advertisement. On August 17
the Cleveland Press ran a special “Beauty with Brick”
section in their Home Magazine section. This section
contained photographs and copy on the beauty of brick,
giving special attention to brick interiors. A full page ad
was run in this issue again giving a list of builders who
had brick homes ready for sale.
Next major step in the promotion was Cleveland’s first
annual Brick Home Week. Mayor Anthony J. Celebrezze
BRICK & CLAY RECORD
Cleveland mayor Celebrezze proclaimed full week as
Brick Home Week for promotion.
Heavy newspaper campaign, use of
$1,000 contest, hard work by Re-
gion 4 led to highly successful pro-
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Brick Home Week and the Cleveland Plain Dealer co-
operated with a special Brick Home Week Section.
Promotion began with a newspaper teaser campaign
building interest in the letters “B H W.” The advertising
department of the Plain Dealer worked exhaustively t
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make the special issue a success by obtaining tie-in adver-
tising from builders, financing institutions, utility com-
panies, ete. The building editor gave strong editorial and
pictorial support to the entire promotion
In addition, a radio blitz of spot announcements further
helped to increase local] interest. “Judging from the com-
ments of masonry builders,” says Regional Director Platt,
“we should have at least 50 homes for Brick Home Week
next year. With a loosening of the tight money policy we're
also anticipating more tie-in support.”
SCPI National Material
Great use was made of the SCPI National merchandis
ng pieces during this campaign. Each builder had a large
red and white “Contentment Costs Less’ sign in front of
his home and was supplied with reprints of the National
i-color ads as well as lapel buttons.
In addition, special material was developed locally and
given to each builder. This folder listed several points
which the customer should check before buying a home,
and the information was so worded that the builder could
use it as a selling medium for his quality-built brick homes.
Special attention was also given to the “Vital 15%.”
foot square white cards with “Vital 15%” printed in bold
red were given to the builder to place on the brick work
beside the doorway. These acted as “question prompters”
so that the builders could explain the fact that the out-
side walls of the home are only 10 to 15% of the total cost
of the structure and therefore should be of the highest
quality material.
Closing chapter of the “1957 Cleveland Story” was
wrapped up in the “Harvest of Surprises” promotion spon-
sored by the Home Builders Association of Greater Cleve-
land under the direction of Executive Vice President Jim
Leibrock.
MARCH, 1958
This replaced the usual National Home Week effort in
Cleveland and was heavily promoted by ail newspapers
the week of October 13. Of the more than 200 homes
listed, many offered brick exteriors and exposed brick
interiors. Many more had brick built-ins, which were
featured along with the “Built-in-Guarantee of Brick” in
newspaper advertising by the Cleveland Producers and
Distributors
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The importance of the walls in a home was again em
phasized by the new approach to the “Vital 15%” theme
In addition to the colorful “Vital 15%” cards used on the
exterior of the homes, reprints of the “Vital 15%” adver
tisements were reproduced on colored stock and placed on
counters, mantles, etc
In this way the public could find out for themselves just
what the “Vital 15 meant to them. In this promotion
also the builders were provided with lawn signs, lapel
buttons, and giveaway folders in addition to having their
homes listed in the full page ads in Saturday and Sunday
newspapers
Switch to Brick
Results of the entire campaign have been extremely
heartening. Brick home builders are quick to say thep
appreciate the willingness of the manufacturers and deal-
ers to spend money and go out of their way to help sell
brick and tile homes. Several builders states that although
they have been building both brick and frame homes they
are now contemplating the construction of only brick
homes.
They all stated that the campaign made the public more
conscious of the type of material used in the construction
of the home rather than their interest being centered only
on the appliances and other interior extras.
Behind the success of “The Cleveland Story” is the far-
sightedness of these sponsors: Akron Sales Co., Cleveland
Builders Supply Co., Collinwood Shale Brick & Fuel Co.,
Kemper Brick Co., M. H. Koppes Clay Products Co., Ohio
Clay Co. and the Thomas Brick Co.
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Cost cutting equipment, 499’ tunnel kiln
gives Columbia high capacity at low cost
One-man control of equipment, use of strap-
ping, fork truck handling help all-new plant to
high peak of efficiency; room for expansion.
Thirty six million brick a year was the design figure
used by Columbia Brick & Tile when plans were made for
one of South Carolina’s newest plants with provisions made
for the installation of a duplicate set of facilities as soon as
the demand for the products warranted expansion. The re
sulting plant is spacious, clean and modern, has good labor
products ratio and low operating costs
After the erection of the steel frame corrugated steel
building by Varner Steel Products, on the only outside con-
tract that was led, construction of the tunnel kiln and the
installation of the machinery was started in June of 1955.
All other construction was under the direct supervision
of Charles Green, who was employed by the company to
Columbia men are George Bishop, at right, manager; John
Wells in center, vice-president, GM; and Ames Wells, left.
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supervise the construction and place the plant in operation.
The construction phase of the company’s history slackened
when the first brick were produced in Nov., 1956.
The early months of actual production were devoted to
product development and an intensive sales program. In
the fall of 1957 production had reached 90,000 brick per
day with the operators anticipating the time when sales
would require capacity production.
Four Deposits
Columbia Brick & Tile uses four different deposits to
secure three shales and a kaolin to blend. The normal pro-
duction of the plant is a red brick, secured by mixing defi-
nite proportions of the three shales for desired propertiees
in the green, dried and fired state. The soft surface shale
is used because it is easy to mine, and promotes low firing
shrinkage in the brick. The normal percentage of the
soft shale is 60°. To add needed plasticity to the blend,
10% of a hard shale is used.
The balance of the blend for red brick is a shale added
for its ability to lower the maturing temperature of the
blend and to improve the fired coler. The kaolin is used
for production of lighter color of pink and coral that the
company has produced.
Pits Worked In Turn
As the plant was designed with large clay storage areas
it is not required that all of the pits be worked at one time,
but each is worked in its turn with the same machinery.
As the large clay storage area allows a long campaign at
each pit the transportation of the pit machinery from one
site to the next does not represent a great cost percentage
wise.
All of the materials are loaded with an International T.D.
14 tractor equipped with a 3% yard loading bucket. This
machine is able to loosen all of the materials except the
hard shale and in the hard shale pit the shale is first loos-
ened with a D-7 equipped with a ripper. 70% of the
shale is won from two pits that are adjacent to the plant;
while shale that is used for color and reduction of matur-
ing temperatures is won from a pit located some seven
miles from the plant and kaolin must be hauled 15 miles.
Shale is hauled to the plant in dump trailers of which the
plant owns two, one 10 yards and the other 16 yards, both
pulled with Mack Tractors.
As soon as the raw material is carried to the plant it is
dumped into a 25 yard hopper and there fed to the primary
crusher. The feeder is an hydraulic operated reciprocating
type. The primary crusher that breaks the shale into pieces
smaller than three inches is a 24” x 48” Meco single roll
powered with one 100 H.P. motor.
After the initial sizing the clay is taken to the crude
clay storage shed. The conveyor operating between the
clay shed and the primary crusher is a 24” belt that places
its burden onto the shuttle conveyor in the top of the
BRICK & CLAY RECORD
clay storage shed. Each type of shale is segregated to its
special bin in the shed. The crude clay shed is a standard
Varner 80 x 250’ clay storage building with steel pipe frame
and corrugated iron siding.
When a production order dictates presized clay is taken
from primary storage, mixed according to formula and
ground. The mixed and ground brick material then goes
into prepared clay storage for use as needed. The different
shales are taken from the crude storage shed with a
Hough HO front end loader, equipped with a three yard
bucket and the different shales are dumped into three bins.
The bins vary in size from 15 to 35 yards, the largest
being used for the clay which makes up the largest per
centage of the mix and less important shales placed in the
All of the bins feed into a belt that carries
smaller bins
the clay to the grinding department.
Bin System
The largest bin has been equipped with a J.C. Steele
Even clay feeder, the middle bin a mechanical reciprocating
feeder and the smallest a Syntron vibrating feeder. The
feeders were selected for accurate feed rates at volumes
used and the plant is able to maintain its blends within
ly of specified percentage. Three scales have been in-
stalled at these feeders and the operator of the grinding
plant is able to divert the material from all three feeders
simultaneously to the scales, automatically with a push
button. The blend is established with this weighing equiy
ment and then is checked at regular intervals to check
operation of the feeders.
To Grinding
From the feeders the shale is carried by conveyors to
the grinding building, where the shale is put into a bin
and is fed to a scalping screen through a Syntron feeder
whcih maintains a regular and constant feed.
When the receiving bin over the scalping screen becomes
full the feeder operating in the crude storage area auto-
matically stops. From the scalping screen the fines are by-
passed around the #384 American rim discharge grinde1
while the shale not passing the screen goes to the grinder.
All fine material goes to the four heated and vibrated Leahy
screens
Tailings are returned to the grinder and all material
that passes the 11 mesh screens is conveyed on two flights
to the prepared clay storage shed. This building is a dup-
licate of the crude storage shed. The shuttle conveyor is
installed in a 7 x 7 dog house on top of the building.
Clay properly blended and sized is loaded from the
second storage building into a large hopper. The load-
ing is done with the same Hough HO loader used in the
crude storage area. The hopper is big enough to hold mate-
rial for 30,000 brick reducing the necessity of frequent
filling. The clay is removed from the receiving hopper with
a J.C. Steele even clay feeder and placed on the conveyor
that takes it to the machine room. At this point 1/10th of
1 percent of soda ash is added to the blend with a Syntron
Feeder to improve handling characteristics in later proc-
esses.
20,000 Brick Per Hour
The machine room was designed to produce a maximum
of 20,000 brick per hour. The conveyor running from the
final clay feeders empties into the top level of the three
level pugger and extruder. The first pugger is a J.C. Steele
50 F and the water is added at high pressure with the
Steele water spray assembly. With this unit the water is
added in a manner to secure intimate mixing of water and
clay making the pugger more efficient. Additionally this
unit allows the amount of tempering water to be con-
trolled by the man stationed at the cutter.
The wetted clay is pugged in the conventional manner
in the pugger and then compressed and shreded through a
sealer into the second pug mill. The second pugger is a
Steele 50FV Vacuum pugger that continues the pugging
operation under vacuum to secure a higher degree of mix-
ing and a more complete evacuation of air than is possible
otherwise. The vacuum pug also discharges through a
sealer shredder. In this instance, however, the discharge
is into the vacuum extruder.
MARCH, 1958
The plant is using a 50 F brick machine with the stand-
ard #18 cutter. The machines in the forming area are all
under the control of one man stationed at the cutter. He is
able to control the tempering water by referring to the
current drown and in addition to the stop and start buttons
for each machine he can shut all machines off at one time
by hitting the “panic button”.
Six textures, four sizes and a wide range of colors have
been developed in the short time the plant has been in
operation. The textures are produced in velour, smooth,
rug, fine line, ripple and a special sanded finish. With
16” Norman, Roman, Norman and standard sizes the
company feels they are able to meet all demands of th:
market
Sand Finish Popular
The sanded finish introduced by the company soon after
the plant was placed in operation has proved to be one of
the most popular and has taken up as much as 50% of the
total production. This sanded finish is in fact a mixture of
sand, clay and other materials to secure a material which
will mature at the burning temperature of the brick and so
adhere very well to the brick body. Applied to a scarified
and moistened body the sand is rolled after being scattered
on the face of the clay column.
About 150 lbs. of sand is required to coat 1,000 brick but
this figure includes a lot of waste. Since the sand is made
of materials secured in the immediate locality the cost per
pound is not high; no attempt is made to salvage used
Sanda.
16 Different Colors
During the past year a total of 16 different colors in
the sanded finish brick have been developed in the labora-
tory of the plant and put into production. These colors,
ranging from black to white and including pastel colors,
are all made from South Carolina material with the excep-
tion of the green for which color must be purchased. Cus-
tomers have requested blends of these colors and in the
past year 75 different mixtures have been made from yard
cubes, strapped into shipping blocks and delivered.
Currently, the plant is employing six men to place the
green brick on the tunnel kiln cars, which were built by
the company as part of the construction operation and
equipped with Sanford-Day bearings and Paco tops. The
230 cars are 7'2” by 9'6” and the setting is eight wide and
12 high when setting standard size brick.
Cars move through the hacking area on three tracks.
From the three hacking stations the loaded cars move to
the predryer or warming chamber with hydraulic pushers.
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Plant uses a scalping screen; fine material goes over four
heated, vibrating Leahy screens.
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The warming chamber, 100 ft. long, has three tracks and
was designed to deliver brick to the dryer in condition to
allow the dryer to operate most efficiently. Two Robinson
fans on each track deliver 9,000 c.f.m. of warm moist air
from the discharge end of the dryer. The maintained tem-
perature in the predryer is 80-100 degrees with the hu-
midity adjusted downward.
Cars are drawn from the predyer and moved on a trans-
fer car to the entrance end of the dryer which is 182
long, double tracked and holding 36 cars. Ten Robinson fans
have been installed on the dryer. Two exhaust fans and two
supply fans drawing hot air from cooling end of the tunnel
kiln and eight reciprocating fans. The two fans that act as
supply for the predryer are of course exhausting from the
dryer. The dryer is delivered into zones and with recirculat-
ing fans the ideal drying curve can be approached closer
than would be otherwise possible. The discharge end of
the dryer has a temperature of 450 to 500 degrees and in
this installation the last two cars in the dryer are under
preheating conditions.
The dryer has a Brown instrument system for the per-
manent recording of the temperature and humidity condi-
tions that exist at points in the dryer. Instrument positions
Presized clay is kept in one of three bins, each are located at the third car position, the ninth car and the
equipped with a different type feeder. third car from the discharge end.
The 499 foot Harrop designed tunnel kiln is believed by
the management to be the longest tunnel kiln used for the
production of brick. After being charged into the kiln the
tunnel cars are moved with a Denison Engineering car
pusher using a six inch cylinder and an operating pressure
varying between 100-200 psi. The entrance end of the kiln
is of the air lock type, as before the charging door is
opened a guillotine door, one car back, is dropped to seal
off the balance of the kiln from the outside atmosphere.
Equipped with 92 dual fuel North American burners,
the preheat zone of the kiln has 32 of the burners and two
control zones in the furnace section of the kiln have 30 and
30 burners respectively. Four burners are used in the
crown of each furnace control section. The primary fuel
is natural gas while standby fuel is #2 oil with fuel con-
sumption has been 6mcef per thousand brick produced at
2050 - 2100 F firing temperatures.
Automatic Gas Control
The burner air supply is delivered to the burners with
a 60 H.P. North American blower at a pressure of 24
ounces. Under automatic control, gas pressure is varied
from high to low pressure to change the heat input as
required to maintain a constant temperature. The gas pres-
Pres. Deems Haltiwanger of Columbia, Richland :
sure ranges from a low of two inches of water to nine.
Brick machine, other equipment is under one-
man control at Columbia. Columbia uses large fleet of Superlites . .
BRICK & CLAY RECORD
The zoned kiln has been designed to use one exhaust fan
and six recirculating fans. Four of the recirculating fans
are in the preheat section of the kiln and two are in the
cooling end of the kiln. With the breakdown of zones the
control of the firing curve is expedited.
Instrumentation at Columbia Brick & Tile has been
carried to a highly sophisticated level. In addition to the
continuously recording pyrometers associated with the
automatic controllers on the furnace zones, all of the
couples located in the plant are periodically recorded with
automatic equipment. The dryer and predryer are equipped
with 20 couples. Twelve noble metal couples are located
in the furnace section of the kiln and 20 chrome-aluminal
couples are located in the preheat and cooling sections of
the kiln.
Additionally, the gas flow is recorded on a 24 hour
meter. A recording tachometer has been installed on the
cutter that indicates rate of production and of course all
down time.
All of the instruments are housed in one building. The
plans of the company call for an addition to this building
to house the operating office of the plant and then the
superintendent will be able to refer to all instruments
without leaving his desk.
Cars removed from the kiln are moved with transfer car
to the loading area. The tracks in the unloading area are
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depressed so = Mt the height of the do pvdieage Strapped brick is moved by fork truck to stor-
the car tops. This allows brick to be removed from the cars
age or delivery area.
in either of two ways.
The brick are removed from the cube in which they were
burned and made into the standard shipping cube on the
dock or they are removed from the car with a fork lift
truck and moved directly to storage. The pre-cubed brick
are removed from storage when needed or if the order calls
fo a blend of colors the tunnel cubes are removed from
storage to the packing area and made into shipping cubes.
All of the brick handling is mechanical after the cubes
are made.
Fork trucks used by the company include two Truckman
and two Clarks. In addition to the standard tines, Bicker-
staff brick forks are at hand to remove brick from the
tunnel car. While the company is able to deliver uncubed i] ? 1% >) | ;%
brick, about 98% of its deliveries are made in strapped | 6 nae! pat Sat W184
cubes.
The marketing area has been confined to South Carolina
until recently. With the 60-150 mile delivery range most
of the deliveries have been made with trucks. The delivery
fleet consists of seven tandem axle trailers pulled with
Mack diesels and one gasoline White tractor and two bob-
tail Internationals. All of the trucks are equipped with
Superlite unloaders. The plant maintains one International
“ > ith a Pack-} r, fo ‘liveries nearby 3 ; “
equipped with a Pack-hauler, for deliveries nearby. Harrop tunnel kiln is 499° long; heavily instru-
(Continued on page 66) mented. Plant uses pre-dryer.
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setting.
about 98%, of brick is shipped in cubes. eight-wide
MARCH, 1958
How The Stahlton Units Are Made
The author explains the ‘‘groove system’ used,
how the plank is load-bearing, the ‘automatic’
quality control built into the units.
By
Arthur P. Klages
The preceding article reviewing the
Stahlton floor system described the
unique combination of clay tile as a
load bearing material and of prestress-
ing as a method of reinforcedment,
which is the basis of its product de-
sign.
It has been pointed out that the use
of clay tile as a basic material neces-
sarily means fabrication of larger con-
structions from smaller components
it means a block system has to be
used.
There are various advantages asso-
ciated with the use of a block system
firstly low cost, availability, ease
of handling, standardization and ver-
satility in application, — secondly it en-
ables the most economic disposition of
materials into a load supporting sec-
tion,— and thirdly, blocks can be
shaped not only to satisfy the end use,
but also facilitate manufacture and
thus lower production costs.
To make a load bearing structural
member from a system of hollow
blocks introduces the problem of sat-
isfactorily cementing together or oth-
erwise joining the hollow blocks end
to end, so that the load can be trans-
mitted through the system. As theo-
retically the best block (lightest,
cheapest) is that with the thinnest
practical shell and web thickness, the
difficulty of cementing these end faces
can be appreciated.
Packaged Reinforcement
The Stahlton system involves the
manufacture of a load bearing mem-
ber made from blocks, called the
“plank”. This plank is itself only a
component of the final beam in the
beam-plus-block system which Stahl-
ton really is. For it is only when the
plank is combined with the in-situ con-
crete that the full load supporting sec-
tion is created. The plank, that part
containing ALL the reinforcement nec-
essary to the load conditions on the
final structure, then resists only the
tension in the composite section.
BRICK & CLAY RECORD
It should be clear therefore that the
plank is not the beam in the floor
system.
Clay Tile Plank
This plank, which is the crux of the
Stahlton system, is manufactured from
clay tile so shaped that the tile itself
serves as the formwork for the small
amount of concrete that is used func-
tionally as the ‘adhesive’.
The plank tiles, placed end to end
in a straight line, are tied into a
system by prestressing with a simple
method of burying the tensioned wires
in concrete in a series of grooves lo-
cated in the upper face of the plank
tile. By this way all the reinforcement
necessary to the final load conditions
is neatly ‘packaged’ into a light and
easy-to-handle unit.
The manufactured plank is a ‘load
bearing member.’ Because the rein-
forcement is prestressed it causes and
is reacted by a compression in the tile.
On erection (more correctly, on ‘as
sembly’) into the floor at the site, this
plank is so combined into the final
composite section that it bears only
the tensile load induced by the total
floor load, and is the compression in
the plank tile (which we have induced
in the first place by prestressing) is
now actually countered and reduced by
the working load.
The greatest stress in the clay tile
at any time will be the compression in-
duced by the prestressing. It will exist
from the moment of prestressing, and
will be reduced and even eliminated
altogether by the live load conditions
on the floor structure of which the
plank becomes a part.
It may be noted here that this pro-
vides an automatic quality control on
the component tile. For if a plank
tile of inferior quality is inadvertantly
used in the plank manufacture, it will
fail (by crushing) at the time the ten-
sion in the wires is released from the
anchorages on the preseressing bed
and thus transferred into the line of
plank tile, putting them under com-
pression.
Groove System
Readers will be familiar with the
‘orthodox’ methods of prestressing.
Generally these call for high tensile
steel rods, wires or cables to be passed
through one or more tubes or holes
cast in the concrete beam, then ten-
sioned, achored and grouted. Even in
the few block systems (for beams) now
on the market, the reinforcement
passes through the unit blocks.
The Stahlton system however
achieves the necessity effect by using
the “groove” system of prestressing.
In this system, the block has grooves
on one or more surfaces, the cross sec-
tion area of these grooves being less
than the cross section area of the par-
ent block, and into these grooves the
tensioned wires are cemented.
There are no end anchorages against
the blocks, the transfer of load being
entirely through bond between wire,
concrete and parent block (tile).
MARCH, 1958
The practice is to make these
grooves in the blocks just big enough
to accommodate the wires and the
minimum amount of concrete required
to effectively cement the wires in
place. It is evident that as the qual-
ity of this concrete (which is func-
tionally an adhesive) is relatively
good, the smaller the grooves the less
concrete will be required, and conse-
quently there is a saving in the
amount of the expensive material used.
The “groove” system of prestressine
was first clearly defined and patented
in England by Dr. P. W. Abeles, well
known for his work in research relat-
ing to prestressing, author and le
turer on that subject. The method is
now beginning to find further com-
mercial application for block sys-
tems other than Stahiton such as for
prefabricated bridge beam construc-
tion, etc.
However, the groove system does not
by itself solve the problem of making
a satisfactory joint or connection
between the end faces of adjacent
blocks. It was Bureau BBR which
found a practical way around this
problem — by using the ‘groove’ sys-
tem of prestressing in conjunction with
blocks that are not hollow, and by
packaging the reinforcement only into
a plank and not into a complete beam
section. The plank section is purposely
small, being just sufficient to hold the
load induced by the prestressed rein-
forcement.
Standard Plank Tile
The plank tile is completely stand-
ardized in sectional dimension. Ex-
actly the same size plank tile is used
for all floor spans and loadings. This
tile section is approx 6” x 2%” deep
with length varying from 12” to 15”
according to the tile manufacturers fa-
cilities and abilities.
In the upper face of each tile has 4
small grooves, 1%” deep x %” wide.
The tile is generally manufactured by
extruding through a double die pro-
ducing 2 tile face to face which are
separated finally at the plank factory.
The ends are plain wire cut by any of
the orthodox methods. The material
and finish is much the same as any
standard run of structural tile, there
being no special techniques or mate-
rials required for the tile production.
Because the tile components are fi-
nally ‘buried’ in the section (and not
exposed) the finish of Stahlton tile can
generally be inferior to that of many
structural tile now being marketed.
The material in the plank tile has
to be able to withstand a compressive
stress up to 3,000 lb. per sq. ins., which
it generally can do easily.
Use Prestressing Bed
The plank tile are placed end to end
on a prestressing bed. in a straight
line of the required length, a gap of
4%” being left between each two ad-
jacent end faces.
Prestressing wires are
into the grooves, pulled tight, and the
ends of the wires suitably anchored at
the bed ends so there is no disturb-
ance to the tile. Concrete is then poured
and vibrated into the grooves, sub-
merging the wires, and in so doing
flowing also down into the gaps be-
tween the tile ends (but not out
through the sides, as explained later).
After this concrete has set sufficient-
y the wires are released from their
anchorages, (thus throwing a compres-
sive load into the plank tile), cut off
at the plank ends, and the plank is
ready for delivery to the building site.
At the site this plank is assembled
in a combination with one or more of
only 4 different sizes of filler tile, to
make any floor of up to 35 ft span
without formwork, without providing
any further load supporting steel,
without heavy lifting equipment, and
with less labor than otherwise re-
quired for alternative orthodox floor
construction.
That is basically the outline of the
Stahlton plank manufacturing process
of what is done. Our previous dis-
cussion on the theory underlying the
Stahlton section dealt with why it is
done this way. Now we will describe
the method and equipment of manu-
facture — the how it is done.
(To Be Continued)
stretched
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What Is Stahlton?
Part lll of a Series
The Stahlton process is a system of factory-made units for floor con-
struction, using clay blocks and planks as the basic unit with pre-stressing
used for reinforcing. After the units are assembled on the site, concrete is
poured to form the surface.
This system has achieved wide acceptance in Europe, with a phenomenal
growth and success of the young industry in just the past ten years.
The author, who knows many of the people and plants using this process,
discusses in these articles what the Stahlton process is; past articles have
covered the potential market in the U. S.; later articles will fully cover such
aspects of Stahiton as production of the units, installation, advantages and
costs.
ECSA Re-Elects Utiger, Others
Chicago meeting admits two new members;
next meeting planned for Denver in July; hears
reports on new machine for LW use, progress
of testing program
\
Denver, Colo., wi'l be the site of the mid-year sessions
of The Expanded Clay and Shale Association, it was decid-
ed at the annual meeeting of the Association held in the
Conrad Hilton Hotel, Chicago. The dates of July 21-22
were set with the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Denver to serve as
meeting headquarters.
Officers of the Association reelected for 1958 were: R. A.
Utiger (Cinder Concrete Products, Inc.), Denver, president;
R. G. Hardy (Onondaga Brick Corp.), Warners, N. Y., vice-
pesident, and D. M. Groves (Shalite Corp.), Knoxville,
Tenn., secretary-treasurer
The well-attended two-day meeting featured a number
of interesting papers related to manufacturing methods
and end-products uses for expanded clay and shale light-
weight aggregates. “Firing Behavior of Clays for the Pro-
duction of Lightweight Aggregates by the Moving Grate
Process” was discussed by L. E. Pfeiffenberger, technical
director of the Association. R. G. Hardy, general man-
ager of Onondaga Brick Corp., Warners, N. Y., gave a
progress report on the “Valuation of Sintering Practices
as performed at Onondaga.”
Plant Problems Reviewed
B. K. Powers, general manager of Virginia Lightweight
Aggregate Corporation and chairman of a special As-
sociation committee formed to study plant operating prob-
lems, reviewed operational and maintenance problems in
typical sintering plants producing lightweight aggregate.
“Application of the Model 40 D’Centegrator to Stone and
Lightweight Aggregates” was described by R. C. Johnson,
Simplicity Engineering Company.
Three newer men: Frank Leftwich of Aglite and W. D. Heney,
North Central LW. Co., new members with Lucas Pfeiffenberger,
ECSA.- technical director.
50
“Lightweight Aggregate in Structural Concrete,” an
analytical report on the significant growth of expanded
shale and clay aggregates in the important structural con
crete field, was presented by William W. Karl, New York,
sales manager of Lehigh Materials Company. A preview
of pavement slipperiness tests in Tennessee was offered by
Ben A. Batson, president of Shalite Corporation, Knox-
ville. “How Lightweight Aggregate Helped Michigan Build
‘The Big Bridge’ at Mackinac Straits” was outlined by
Melvin Cruzen, general manager of Lightweight Aggre-
gate Corporation, Livonia, Mich. Joseph J. Shideler, man-
ager, products and applications development section,
Portland Cement Association, gave a paper titled “Light-
weight Aggregate Concrete for Structural Applications.”
Test Program Progressing
Excellent progress was reported by Pfeiffenberger on
the Association’s testing program now in progress at Al-
pena, Mich. Two new producer-members were admitted:
Sayre & Fisher Company (Aglite) of Sayreville, N. J.,
and North Central Lightweight Aggregate Company (Ag-
lite of Minnesota) of Minneapolis, Minn. R. Frank Left-
wich and William D. Heney were seated as members of the
Board of Directors for the two new members.
T. R. Berger, executive secretary, in his annual report
said “The Association is now embarked on a program to
meet the need for more and better technical information.”
As evidence, he cited the broad-based program of research
now being financed by the Association. Also, he presented
the “premier” edition of a new publication titled “Light-
weight News” which will be issued by the Association to
its members and other in the industry every four months.
Berger predicted that 1958 will be a “big and important”
year for expanded clay and shale lightweight aggregates.
He forecasts a pick-up in tonnage after a turndown in
volume during the last quarter of 1957 and the first part
of the current year.
B. K. Powers (center) Technical Problems Committee chairman,
talks with Ben Batson of Knoxville's Shalite (right). Speakers
include Powers, Ron Hardy and Bill Karl.
BRICK & CLAY RECORD
Packaging Saves 8 Man Hours
Per Truck for Pipe Dealer
Logan pipe package has reduced
loading time, cut breakage.
Saves joint damage also.
A sewer pipe shipping pack devel-
oped by an Ohio manufacturer of clay
products is saving Mid-West Fuel &
Lumber Company, Melrose Park, IIL,
eight man-hours per truck in unloading
shipments.
Loose shipments required four men
and 3% hours to unload. Four men
unload packaged shipments in only 45
minutes
The economical method of stacking
and steel strapping skids of sewer pipe
for shipment was designed by Logan
lay Products, Logan, Ohio, with the
help of Acme Steel Company, Chicago.
Skidded pipe is not only saving un-
ading time at Mid-West Fuel & Lum-
ber Company, but also has reduced
time of unloading for delivery to job
sites. Use of the Logan pack virtually
has eliminated breakage of pipe and
increased the capacity of storage space
at Mid-West.
Logan Clay Products can ship more
than 35,600 lbs. of pipe and fittings in
a single truck load by using the pack-
aging method. In a recent shipment to
Mid-West, 800 pieces of 6-inch wedge-
lock sewer pipe were strapped on
skids. With the exception of a single
broken fitting, the shipment arrived in
perfect condition.
First step in preparing the Logan
pack is the stacking of pipe lengths
on a skid which is placed in a specially
designed jig. The first course of 4-inch
MARCH, 1958
pipe consists of eleven lengths, eight
lengths provide the first course of 6-
inch pipe and seven pieces are laid on
the skid as the bottom course for 8-inch
pipe.
4 second course, containing one less
length of pipe, is nested on top of the
first row. If pipe is jointed, the manu-
facturer’s joint is protected by project-
ing the barrel or spigot ends beyond
the sockets to provide compiete clear-
ance. This pattern is followed through-
out the stack, with the wider courses
supporting pipe above, The number of
courses in a stack varies with the size
of the pipe and the number of pipe
required by individual manufacturers
to make a minimum load. For Logan,
126 4-inch pipe comprise the packag«
Packs of 6-inch pipe contain 66 pieces,
and up to 44 pipe in each stack of
8-inch pipe
One-half inch by .023 Acme Steel
straps are used to secure all packages.
The strapping is threaded horizontally
through outside lengths of pipe in the
wider courses, tensioned and sealed.
Application of minimum tension on the
steel strapping is sufficient to enable
its substitution for the bearing sup-
port of stacking jig sides when the
pack is removed. Strapping also tends
to concentrate the weight of the load
toward the center of the pack, accord-
ing to Logan Clay Products.
Jig Side Removed
With the removal of one side of the
jig on which the pipe is resting, the
pack is picked up by a lift truck. The
truck takes it to a loading platform
where the pipe is placed on another
truck for delivery to Logan customers,
such as Mid-West Fuei & Supply.
Upon arrival of a shipment at Mid-
West, a crew of four men first remove
fittings stacked on top and at the sides
of the skid-loaded pipe in the truck
trailer.
Forks Handle
After loose items are removed, the
lift truck forks are positioned beneath
the first skid and the whole package
is transferred to the storage area
Since remaining skids are located
out of reach of the fork lift truck, a
lift truck is used to pull each pack into
position for removal. A chain is hooked
around each forward corner of the skid
base of the package. A second chain
hooked to the center of the chain
attached to the skid and attached to
the truck which pulls the skid to the
rear of the trailer where it is easily
removed by lift truck.
If the receiver has a dock level un-
loading platform, this step is not
necessary. The fork truck can then be
un onto the truck to pick up packages
in the front of the load.
Unloading a shipment of loose pipe
by hand requires approximately three
nd one-half hours. When a delivery
load is entirely skid-loaded, unloading
time averages only 45 minutes with
the use of mechanical equipment
Mid-West, dealers in coal and build-
ers supplies, appreciate the numerous
economies of the Logan pack. Besides
increasing handling efficiency, skid-
loaded pipe has practically eliminated
pipe breakage and damage of joints.
The skid-loaded pipe is stored off the
ground, protected against the ex-
tremes of the weather. Storage space
is better utilized because packs of pipe
can be stacked higher without damage
and can be transferred quickly and
easily by fork truck.
Inventory is simplified by counting
skid loads instead of individual pieces.
51
How To Get:
Improved Kiln Furniture Life
Author urges purchase of kiln furniture on
cost per unit basis; tells how to work out
cost evaluation figures; how to select.
By
C. R. Landback
Senior Engineer—Technical Service
Refractories Division
The Carborundum Company
Modern practices in making structural- and heavy-clay
products has worked such changes as increased use of
tunnel kilns, faster firing schedules, closer controls and
the like. These, in turn, have affected performance of kiln
car furniture commonly used by the industry to the extent
that there is now need for improved furniture and the
savings it can provide in competitive marketing
NEAR CAP AR SION
%.
To satisfy this need calls for an intensive, all-embracing
study of several factors such as car-structure design, mate-
rial, initial car construction and regular maintenance pro-
cedures. Investigation of only a single aspect can lead to
illogical and, possibly costly, conclusions.
Selection of furniture material, of course, should be based
on proved physical properties capable of supplying ade-
quate resistance to heat shock, load, temperature and at-
mosphere found in a specific kiln. A worthwhile precau-
tion to verify material selected is to run a small-scale test
for production evaluation.
Buy on Cost-Per-Unit
At this point, it is urged that the furniture’s value be
assessed on cost per unit of production. Where it is cus-
tomary to purchase car refractories solely on the basis of
lowest initial cost, this recommendation may seem radical.
It, however, has been fully demonstrated by other segments
of the ceramic industry as a much more conclusive measure
to employ.
This cost evaluation involves such factors as percentage
yield of first-quality ware, quantity or size of ware fired
per car, service life of kiln furniture and its initial cost.
Also subject to consideration are fuel cost per unit of pro-
duction, car placing and drawing costs and expense of
maintenance, labor and materials.
Car-structure design is governed largely by ware char-
acteristics and kiln in which it is fired. Despite the narrow
limits thereby established, designs can be achieved with
improved refractories that effect better car performance.
Elements Are Interdependent
In the overall situation various kiln-car furniture ele-
ments are interdependent. It follows, therefore, that both
materials and design must be considered thoroughly for
all ear areas in relation to each other to insure maximum
service from the entire unit. As the car top is the founda-
tion for the upper structure it serves an especially impor-
tant function. So it should present a smooth, level, stable
surface for long periods of operation. If the car top de-
forms, kiln furniture and pay-load, lacking a continuous,
even support, will be affected adversely; the furniture with
reduced life, and the pay-load with a lesser percentage of
first-quality ware.
Girders or piers should be designed to:
(a) Distribute the load as widely as possible over the car
top, thereby extending its life
(Continued on page 55)
BRICK & CLAY RECORD
sone ij a : iii EIGHT
BOYD PRESSES
serve new
. Harbison-Walker
*®, Basic Plant
Another modern refractory plant
goes to work with Boyd Presses
Boyd Press was in the blueprints for Harbison-Walker’s new
“basic” plant recently completed at Hammond, Indiana. Here,
surrounded by the most modern and efficient refractories process- Top: Model X Boyd Press equipped with Boyd
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ing techniques and equipment avauabie, eight Boyd Fresses now magnesite brick. Bottom: Section of press depart
handle the power press requirements . . . as they do in many ment at new Harbison-Walker Hammond operation
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(6) Provide sufficient space between car top and pay-load
for proper circulation of heating and cooling gases
and/or the proper circulation of salt-glazing vapors
(c) Furnish uniform and permanent support for the set-
ter tile forming the placing deck.
For the first and subsequent decks it is required that
setter tile be:
(a) Straight and level, thereby providing the only type
placing surface that will produce straight ware
(6) Thermal-shock resistant
(c) As thin as possible, consistent with refractory hot
strength, for maximum pay-load space.
To accomplish these objectives, it is essential that a com
plete review be made of the properties of refractory mate-
rials and existing kiln-car structure designs.
Use Silicon Carbide
A majority of the ceramic industry now employs silicon
carbide kiln furniture although they once used cheaper
materials exclusively. Producers of sanitary ware, semi-
vitreous dinnerware, electrical porcelains, floor and wall
tile, artware, stoneware, refractory and abrasive grinding
wheels have found that this material returns a low per
unit of production cost. The life of this furniture is now
measured in years rather than months
For these reasons the properties of silicon carbide refrac-
tories will be stressed in comparison with those of certain
well-known, widely-used materials.
Hot Strength
Hot strength is the most important refactory property of
kiln furniture. Fig. 1 illustrates the behavior of silicon
carbide, super-duty fireclay and other refractory materials
under high-temperature load conditions.
In considering these data it is important to note:
(a) The amount and uniformity of expansion, up to the
point of maximum expansion. Low, uniform thermal
expansion of a refractory minimizes difficulties from
mechanical distortion of the kiln-car structure
(b) The temperature at which expansion ceases. At this
point softening under load actually begins.
Fig. 2 compares modulus of rupture or transverse load
date at 2460 F for silicon carbide, super-duty firebrick and
ither refractory materials. Hot strength, as indicated by
these tests, determines size and thickness specifications
needed to carry specific loads. A refractory, lacking in this
property, exhibits progressive warpage and sometimes even
shears. The hot strength of silicon carbide is one reason
for its use as kiln furniture.
Girders or piers of this material, for example, do not
squat, bend or deform, thereby rendering a long-lasting,
level support for the deck tile and pay-load. High strength
also permits slimness of design to open up space between
car top and pay-load for maximum circulation of heating
and cooling gases.
Silicon carbide setter or deck tile stay straight indefi-
nitely providing a continuous even support for producing
straight ware; are made thinner than most other materials
and increase pay-loads.
Resistance To Thermal-Shock
From Fig. 3 it is evident that in this characteristic sili-
con carbide rates high. This results from three factors:
relatively low and uniform coefficient of thermal expansion
that minimizes thermal] stresses within the piece during
rapid heating or cooling; high heat conductivity that elimi-
nates high thermal gradients and permits uniform thermal
expansion or contraction of the whole piece; high strength
that affords maximum resistance to those thermal stresses
that may occur.
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Thermal Conductivity standard. Simple side cut-outs and holes may be included
P g property of silicon carbide is its high in the design to facilitate circulation vertically through
onductivity. Fig. 4 indicates the values for this placing decks.
r materials expressed in BTUs/hr, sq ft and “F/in. Setter Tiles
kness. While this property does not have the im- For greatest service life, setter tile should be of the
portance in kiln furniture considerations that it has in the smallest sizes that permit economical use, and should be
selection of kiln-muffle materials, it is helpful in obtain- rectangular in shape, free from complex configurations.
ng more uniform firing of the ware placed on lower decks. on , }
Silicon carbide I-beam girders are made in heights rang-
Oxidation ing from 4 inches to 12 inches and in lengths up to 60
inches. Silicon carbide I-beam and multi-lug posts range in
heights from 4 inches to 24 inches. For deck spacings of
less than 4 inches, block-type posts are commonly used.
These often have a different dimension for height, width
and length, so that spacing can be varied easily, if neces-
sary, by merely turning to the position desired.
Modern forming methods, improved bonds and protective
oatings have increased oxidation resistance of current
silicon carbide refractories to the point where oxidation of
kiln furniture no longer is a problem. Longer and longer
ce life from these refractories naturally is obtained.
Salt-Glazing .
om we ; A few of the many available shapes are shown in Fig. 5.
Silicon carbide furniture resists attack by salt-glazing
vapors because of porosity and inherent chemical resistance
characteristics. Build-up of a salt-glaze film on this type
refractory actually improves oxidation resistance by pre-
Use of these shapes as kiln furniture by other branches
of the ceramic industry is shown in Figs. 6 through 9
These arrangements, developed over a period of years, are
venting exposure to oxygen applicable to the structural- and-heavy-clay industries.
Fig. 6 shows a single-deck, kiln-car structure commonly
.' used by the sanitary-ware industry. The one-piece silicon
Of lesser but significant importance is the resistance to carbide girders distribute the load widely over the car-top
ibrasion and impact which has led to its wide acceptance surface, and hold the car-top blocks together. Their slim
as skid rails, pusher tile, dust-collector linings, coke chutes design provides maximum space for under-deck circulation.
and hopper linings. In tunnel-kiln car loading and unloading These girders stay straight indefinitely. The thin deck
operations, where employees walk on the placing decks, tile help keep dead-load to a minimum.
this added protection helps extend kiln furniture life
Following a study of refractory properties, furniture ele-
Abrasion And Impact Resistance
Fig. 7 illustrates a car structure where girders alone
support the ware. They offer a long-lasting stable base for
ments and assembled superstructure design must be consid-
heavy pay-loads.
ered based on the requirements of individual kilns and
plant operations Fig. 8 shows a silicon carbide hearth or car-top paving to
Forming techniques used for silicon carbide furniture per- extend car-top life. These strong, straight, thermal-shock-
mit a wide variation in the sizes and shapes produced. resistant plates are used as a placing surface and also pro-
Setter tile are regularly manufactured in sizes ranging tect the car-top blocks as well as to hold the whole struc-
from 4 inches by 4 inches to 36 inches by 24 inche Square, ture together.
rectangular, round, triangular and trapezoidal shapes are ‘ , , x .
: . : Modifications to the basic design shown in Fig. 6 are
covered in Fig. 9. Openings that permit additional under-
Figure 5 car longitudinal circulation (considered necessary in some
kilns) are supplied by short tapered girders used in place
of the one-piece design. Silicon carbide car-top paving
plates distribute the load over the entire car-top surface,
and hold the car-top shapes tightly together for longer
life. Cut-outs in the sides of the deck tile form vents or
flues for vertical circulation.
The combustion system of some kilns do not require a
girder and deck arrangement for combustion and circulation
space under the ware to obtain necessary firing uniformity.
Modern trends in the structural- and heavy-clay prod-
ucts industries dictate the consideration of better kiln-car-
structural materials. Silicon carbide, with its hot strength,
thermal-shock-resistance, thermal conductivity, resistance
to salt attack and abrasion resistance fulfills all the indi-
cated requirements. Silicon carbide structures are capable
of handling almost every placing and firing problem and
have already been widely used in other branches of the
ceramic industry.
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BRICK & CLAY RECORD
A few beads
of BOROD here.
hold PLOW POINT
corners here
Abrasive wear in dry pan operation is
rough on plow points. Yet a simple cure is
effected by a few beads of Stoody Borod.
It is unnecessary to hard-face the whole
wearing surface. Notice that the hard-
facing alloy is applied in stringer beads
spaced an inch or so apart. Loose clay
packs between the stringers forming an
effective, wear resistant pad, thus saving
innecessary waste of alloy materials.
A direct comparison between the hard-
faced plow and the unprotected piece shows
how efficiently the Borod maintains size
and shape. Both plows operated approxi-
mately the same number of hours.
A complete treatise on latest hard-facing
s000T Comey techniques is yours in the Stoody Guidebook.
Ask your Stoody dealer for a copy (check
the Yellow Pages of your phone book)
See Our Booth No. 617 ; . oe outta: tinal
WELDING SHOW
St. Louis, Mo., Apr. 15-17, 1958
STOODY COMPANY
11950 East Slauson Avenue * Whittier, California
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SYV7RON
“Vibra-Flow”
Vibratory Feeders
Feeding lump cley from storage to muller
add new economy and efficiency to
your ceramic and brick production
SYNTRON Vibratory Feeders provide continuous han-
Feeding materia! from ribbon blenders
on to belt supplying lecon
dling of clay, grog, sand and other materials in ceram-
ice and refractory plants all over the country. Com-
bining positive vibration with instant control of flow,
they move clay and other materials — hot or cold
damp or dry— smoothly from bins and hoppers to
screens, conveyor belts, mullers and other process
equipment. By maintaining positive control of materi-
als flow any interruptions in the process cycle are
eliminated.
SYNTRON Vibratory Feeders are built in a range of
capacities with single, dual, twin and twin dual mag-
nets—above or below deck mounting with tubular or
flat pan troughs.
Years of experience in the materials handling field
qualifies SYNTRON to act on your problems, both
large and small.
L
Feeding grog. cley or sand
onto belt thet supplies mixer
Other SYNTRON Equipment
designed to increase production,
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Vibrators
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Vibratory Screens
Shaker Conveyors
Vibratory Elevator Feeders
Weigh Feeders
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Hopper Feeders
Lapping Machines
Rectifiers
(Silicon and Selenium)
a-c to d-c Selenium Rectifier Units
Electric Heating Panels
Electric Heating Elements
Sinvated Wires
Shaft Seals
Electric Hammers
Concrete Vibrators
Paper Joggers
Our representatives will be glad to work with you in
selecting the proper
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LETTERS Continued
almost any rate without special care.
The dried pipe are glazed by immer-
sion, placed on kiln cars, and fired on
a 36-hour cycle (or less) at about
cone 5.
The finished pipe pass all the tests
for this type of product. The Portland
cement loses its identity completely,
forming a Sodium Calcium Alumina
Silicate and therefore insoluble in
acid.
Interesting features are the remark-
able strength in the green state. In
one photograph you wilf note how the
green pipe can be carried without in-
jury. In another, I am standing on the
green pipe supported on the floor by
the bell of the pipe. I weigh 85 kilos
(Ed. note: approximately 185 lbs.)
The raw materials probably have a
Pozzolan effect.
The factory in which this process
was developed is Cyphosa, Calle Ca-
purro, 884, Montevideo, Uruguay; also
one of your subscribers.
Herbert J. Rolke
Rua Marconi 23-10
Sao Paulo, Brazil
(Ed. note: We'd like to thank reader
Rolke for answering the questions
asked by Roberto Bozzolo, of Monte-
video, and for passing along the pic-
tures.
YARD TALK Continued
cording to our information. Brick size
is 2% by 3% by 11% . rose colored,
sand finish, shale type unit, with pos-
sible use of slightly colored mortar
joints. We have no word on who will
make the unit.
In a general news story about Glad-
ding, McBean’s outlook for 1958 profits
and business, there was one interesting
paragraph. It was announced that the
firm may turn a pilot plant operation
of ceramic products in the nuclear and
electronic fields into a “full-blown”
output of such ceramic products. If
the firm decides to move into these
fields, it will be in the first half of
1958, according to C. W. Planje, presi-
dent; plant site is in Glendale, Calif.
Here’s some briefs about plant open-
ings and closings: United Brick & Tile
at Adel, lowa, shut down since De-
cember, will be back in operation soon
after you read this; there was a re-
duction in the work force at the Olive
Hill Div. of General Refractories in
Kentucky; the United B&T plant near
Coffeyville, Kans. laid off men with
some men kept to do repairs, with clos-
ing due to excess production over or-
ders. Glen-Gery sometime ago an-
nounced that they’d work all winter
through, to build up inventory for the
Continued on next page
BRICK & CLAY RECORD
ex pecte d Spring pickup im construc-
tion in their area. G-G was keeping all
fe? play fs wo k ng.
Brick is “sneaking” back into the
bie building market in New York
City. There’s growing use of good face
brick for what's called the “hidden fa-
cades” of new skyscrapers. With fronts
of metal and glass, the buildings have
used a yellow “court” brick for the
back ends of the buildings. Now, how-
ever, since so many of these “back-
yards” show over nearby smaller build-
ings, there’s a strong trend to dressing
them up with face brick. According to
the NYC building code, only the sides
that face a street can be metal or
glass; walls facing a lot line must be
masonry. One further interesting point
is that the city regards only masonry
(not glass or tile) as being adequate
to prevent fire from spreading to ad-
joining buildings or areas .. . so they
insist on masonry in the code. Should
we point out that the most logical
thing would be an all-brick building?
One building uses a new blue glazed
brick to match the metal... why not
use blue glazed entirely?
Bill Conaway has been promoted at
the Montezuma, Ind. plant of Clay
City; he’s now manager, where the
pla t used to be s epert ised from the
nearby Mecca Clay City pipe plant.
Plant makes buff brick and fire brick.
Mac Barr. super tendent at the Kala-
mazoo Clay Products Co., Carbon,
Ind., fell off a ladder a while back and
got well banged up, including a broken
arn The Rockport B&T plant at
Rockport, Ind. burned down in a fire
in January . . everything but the
kilne gone, with m room, grinding
room, dryers lost. Rockport owners
estimated loss at $60,000, Owners, u ho
also own plants in Booneville, Ind. and
Owensboro, Ky., plants, are withhold
ing decision to rebuild till they deter-
mine the effects of a new tunnel in
stallation at Owensboro.
Continuing with brief notes, W. L.
Beltz of Mowrystown (Ohio) Brick &
Tile sent us this photo, showing part
of his exhibit at the World’s Conserva-
tion Exposition and Plowing Contests
held in Southern Ohio. The show was
only 35 miles from the plant, and Beltz
used the show to display some of the
Mowrystown product. More than 125,-
000 people were at the exposition on
one day. According to a letter writ-
ten us in the May issue, 1951, page 23,
Beltz is one of our oldest readers.
™ aon aD | ee
MARCH, 1958
Bucyrus-Erie 22-Bs
NMiove Clay Fast
This 22-B shovel loads clay into side-dump rail
cars at the owner’s mine in New York state.
Bucyrus-Erie 22-Bs offer sustained high
output and low operating cost to keep clay
moving profitably for you.
High output comes from fast work cycles.
Balance between power and speed helps op-
erators maintain a fast, effortless pace through-
out an entire shift.
Operation costs are low because Bucyrus-
Eries work steadily with little time out for
maintenance. Arrangement of machinery pro-
vides easy accessibility to parts . . . simplifies
lubrication, adjustment, and replacement.
Speed clay removal at your pit. Investigate
ALL the profit-boosting features of a 22-B —
or any other model in sizes ranging from % to
4-cu. yds. See your nearby Bucyrus-Erie dis-
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Brick in units of any
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Automatic operation
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brick handling set-
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kilns, loading and
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Forks with flap grippers for cored and solid brick. Give
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Panels Also Used in Britain
Use of pre-fabricated masonry panels has been under
development in Great Britain, as well as in this country,
as the accompanying photos show.
As compared to our panels developed by SCPRF, the
unusual features of the English panels are the size and the
availability of window openings.
This panel is a new building technique developed by
Brick Construction (Western) Ltd., a subsidiary of Western
Counties Brick Co., Ltd.
The photographs show details of the system pioneered
by Patrick E. W. Stedham, Manager Director of Brick Con
struction, and a Director of the parent Company. The pre-
fabricated wall units are made of 6 cell hollow clay blocks
(clay tile) 9” by 12” and 4” thick
Slabs are approximately 8 0” wide, but were tailored to
suit the building after submission of plans, whilst the
height of each unit is 8’ 0”, the standard room height for
dwelling houses. Metal framed windows are cast right
into the slabs and in one case an opening 5’ 0” wide for a
sliding door has been formed.
Light gauge steel reinforcement is included in each slab,
and the inner face is finished with a cement: sand mix to
reduce the amount of plastering required in the finished
building. To ensure evenness at the joints great care had
to be taken in casting each unit true and flat.
This technique was used first for a pair of small ga-
rages erected at one of the Plymouth Works of the Com-
pany. Apart from the foreman, the building team had no
prior experience ef the technique.
Despite this, no major difficulties were encountered and
the six men rapidly erected the large slabs using a mobile
crane. Some of the work was deliberately held back to en-
able interested Architects and Builders to see the method.
Excluding this waiting period, nearly 150 square yards
of wall area were erected in one working day, and towards
the end of the experiment slabs were placed in as little as
8 minutes each.
In accordance with standard British practice, all walls
are of cavity construction, the inner and outer leaf each
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BRICK & CLAY RECORD
Some of the walls in place on the site.
i” thick tied with “butterfly” type wire ties. Thess
embedded in the prefabricated slabs during casting, and tied
in with the outer web when this was run up later.
were
The building on which the experimental construction is
being tried is the new Laboratory of the Parent Company,
to give greater facilities for testing and development work
carried out by Michael E C Stedham, Development Direc-
tor, by whom these photographs were taker
Detailed costs and figures cannot be published yet, but
results are promising
the details of each
number in any scheme.
Actual costs will vary according to
building to be constructed, and the
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The Clearfield MAXIMULLER
unequaled for Low Grinding Costs
The Maximuller, built in two sizes, No.
2 with
9 ft. diameter, represents a modern de-
1 with 10 ft. diameter and No
velopment of our standard dry pan de-
sign. It incorporates the same basic
principles, that have proved their utility
in meeting dry grinding requirements,
as those of the heavy duty dry pans we
have produced for many years. Among
these features are the revolving pan
with screen plates in the pan bottom
and the large mullers, widely spaced for
the greatest possible crushing effect
Though the operating principles are not
new or revolutionary, certain design
developments have enabled us to apply,
with greater efficiency, our accumulated
knowledge gained in over 75 years of
constructing dry pan mullers. We be-
lieve the Clearfield Maximuller with its
low maintenance and power consump-
tion, is unequalled on the basis of cost
per ton of product.
For complete description and speci-
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MARCH, 1958
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Directors of J. I. Case Co., Racine,
Wis., elected T. A. Haller, Vice Pres
dent in charge of Engineering, a newly
created position.
The
Connell,
Co., Inc... New York, N.Y.
Mc-
manager
of
of Elbridge G sales
as assistant sales
territory
Co., New
unced recently,
appointment
Jr
of the Dayton sales
Atlas Cement
growing organization,
Uni- ce
York,
regional
district
ntly named six new
versal and eleven
N.Y. wa
agers new
ant
Robert M. Sullivan recently joined the
technical staff of B. F. Drakenfeld &
In a move designed to strengthen its
Signode
, Te-
man-
man-
agers to head the newly created region.
Steel Strapping Co., Chicago, III.
Appointment of Chares J. Petry as
Assistant to the Chairman was an-
nounced by Frederick M. Gillies, Chair-
man of the Board, Acme Steel Co.,
Chicago, Il.
Construction Equipment Sales & Serv-
ice, Orange, Conn., was appointed a
construction distributor for all of its
products by Kwik-Mix Co., Port Wash-
ington, Wis.
Stearns Mfg. Co., Ine.,
appointed E. P.
staff to represent
of
South Carolina.
Adrian, Mich.
Evans to their sales
them in the States
Tennessee, North Carolina and
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Miller Equipment Co. 482 ft. long combination dryer
tunnel kiln at West Bros. Brick Co., Washington, D. C.
This large dryer-kiln—equipped with 32 Hauck
Vari-Pressure Burners using low-cost, pre-
heated #6 oil, fires brick of highest quality.
Fuel cost is only $2.66 per 1000 brick.
Such remarkable economy and heating uni-
formity are due in large part to the efficiency
of these Hauck Burners:
1—Easy, quick precise temperature control.
2—Easy lever control of flame length and
shape.
3—Wide range of burner turndown and ca-
pacity.
4—Superior two-stage atomization of oil.
5—Ideal for ‘’sealed-in”’ or open firing.
Hauck Series 620-P Burners are a dual fuel
type and provide good combustion with oil or
gas. Installation, piping and operation are
simple. Performance is outstanding in kiln after
kiln. Just write for Catalog 415.
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IN MINUTES...
INSTEAD OF DAYS
Samples obtained from depths up to
100 feet with the all new
Rarmanco
Model HV-172
Hydraulic Vertical Drill
HEAVY DUTY
FOUR SPEED AUGER
FINGER TIP CONTROL
65 H. P. MOTOR
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roofs . either floor filler block or units for concrete
block planks. Why not take advantage of this highly
profitable market? Produce floor and roof units as
well as wall units. Ask your Besser representative
for further details.
e Front Pallet Feed Vibrapac
with automatic feed control
Produces ALL types and sizes
of block on ONE set of
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removes finished block
with power hoist
No manual lifting.
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means Better Production from Tunnel
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ROBINSON FANS are engineered to meet exacting demands for accurate
performance of tunnel kilns.
Complete Groups of Robinson Engineered Fans, built especially for Tunnel
Kiln Application, are serving a constantly growing list of successful installa-
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For your new tunnel kiln — or if you are revamping your present kiln — it
will pay you to specify Robinson Fan Equipment.
When you buy Robinson Fans for your Tunnel Kiln from your Tunnel Kiln
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How Connecticut Sells Masonry
W. S. Holland
Some of the oldest and most beaut
ful brick buildings in this country are
to be found in New England. Yet, ma
onry construction has never been as
well established in that area as it has
een in some other parts of the cour
try. Houses, for example, are nearly
100 frame construction, only a tin}
percentage are veneered with brick,
The house
uilder who is a mason by trade is al-
tone wr concrete products
most impossible to find in the area
Commercial, institutional and indus-
trial work, traditionally the stronghold
f masonry in the region, 1s being at
cked now by competitive curtain wal
. ‘
ateriais with some success
Association Formed
In Connecticut a group of contrac-
tors, mason contractors, architects,
br ck, block and lim«
men, distributors and dealers plus rep
resentatives of all of the locals of the
BM and PIU in the state have formed
an organization called the Connecticut
Unit Masonry Conference to promote
producers, stone
masonry.
Now, while this may be nothing new
r earth-shaking, the approach this
group has to their problem is unique.
Operating on a budget of little more
than $800.00 (that’s right, eight hun-
dred dollars) and without an executive
secretary, they have done wonders in
little over seven months.
Deciding that their first job must be
the improvement of workmanship and
reduction of in-the-wall costs, they de-
cided to create a school in Hartford
for journeymen who wished to become
foremen. They called on the State for
help with curriculum and for instruc-
tors in orientation and leadership and
on architects, engineers, surveyors and
their own membership for instruction
in transit and builder’s level, blue-
print reading and estimating, etc. The
local SCPI representative, Tom Crane,
himself a former long-time bricklayer
foreman, was called upon for advice
and text materials.
Before this school could start, the
ery went up from five other areas of
the state and at this writing, six
schools with enrollment of about 130
journeymen are in full swing. One
student has already left the line and
is handling a large job for Yale Uni-
versity in New Haven as a brand new
foreman.
Meanwhile, at monthly meetings of
the C.U.M.C., all problems of relations
within the trade are brought out, aired
and discussed from the standpoint of
reducing not only difference of opin-
ion but costs-in-the-wall. Friendly and
unfriendly architects are invited to let
MARCH, 1958
down their hair at these meetings and
are listened to with open minds by
labor, the contractors and the material
men.
Committees on the foremen’s schoo
operation, public relations, direct mail
advertising and membership plus a
}
speaker’s bureau have been set up and
are a ive
Work Is Answer
How can they do anything important
on $800.00? Mike Minotti, interna
onal representative of the BM and
PIU and president of the organization
says this, “When you have a
money you hire an executive
tary Now, he may be the be
in the world, but he takes the strair
ff the membership. The way we worl
now, each member is respor sible for
ill the promotion, help and thought
in contribute. Each member k:
vat if he doesn’t help, the thing w
fold, and none of us want that. So
the only thing to do is work”
Being a state-wide organization wit}
active participation by each and every
segment of the industry, quite a bit of
leverage is brought to bear throughout
the area when all of these people star
grinding the ax for masonry to every
body and anybody they meet. The boon
is being lowered on architects, build
ers, school committees, selectmen,
mayors and even the governor—in fact,
anybody who will listen. Every bump
er of every car belonging to everybody
in the state who has a direct or re
mote connection with the business has
a large brilliant promotional sign (put
it by the council) prominently dis-
played
Results Are Shown
And results are already being 1
ticed. Dave Sibbald, head of an active
mason contracting organization in
Hartford and vice president of the
ouncil, says that his costs are definite
y going down and his production up
without sacrifice of quality. Arnold
Caputo, who represents the Plasticrete
Corp., producers of block, brick, Dox
and decorative concrete units, and is
secretary of the council, says that
architects he calls on no longer are ac-
cepting the blithe promises of the cur
tain wall people without question. And
the questions they now ask are proving
to them the superiority and lower cost
of the old reliable methods and mate-
rials.
This is not to imply that before
C.U.M.C. came into being the industry
was asleep at the switch. But by meet-
ing on common ground, the industry
has a new unity of purpose which never
existed before. The future of masonry
in Connecticut now looks brighter thar
it has in some time.
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GRANULAR & MILLED
e Refractory Shapes
Lop * Ramming Mixes
« Cements
140, 200, 400 Mesh Sizes
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7434 THOMAS ST
PITTSBURGH 8, PA
COLUMBIA Continued
One feature brought out by George J. Bishop, the plant
manager, was the laboratory maintained by the company
The equipment used in the lab includes a Pulverizer, Simp
son mixer, lab sized extruder, dryer and a Globar kiln with
a maximum temperature of 2600 degees
The largest building in the plant layout
and 920 feet long and it houses the kiln, dryer,
machine room and cubing area. It was made purposely
large so that in the future a duplication of facilities could
be made. In the event this is done the material flow will
remain ; tis now. The management feels that the p«
tial of the plant is such that the unused |
be utilized as productive spac¢
While the Columbia Brick & Ti (
plant with only the newest
t it is
owned and
making
equipmer
managed by men with years of experience
ind selling heavy clay products
Richland Controls
Columbia Brick & Tile is one of three plants
in the Columbia area under the same control. The
grouped under Richland Shale Product
CB&T, Rich
Shale operates Columbia Pipe Co. and a brick plant
Richtex, S. ¢
and has been in operation for many year
Haltiwanger
When he and John Wells, vice president and general mar
build the Cx
piants are
which is located in Columbia. Besides
The plant at Richtex operates periodic kilns
Deem s president of the parent company
uger (three plants) decided to imbia plant
they were able to draw on their many years of expeience
in the brick plant and the sewer pipe plant As migiat
expected the resu s a refinement of
mum use of «
sand m
st reducing devices
is 140 feet wide
predryer,
Cut Down Firing Problems
That Cause Rejects . . . Lost Man
Hours . . . Costly Shutdown
OPERATING THE
TUNNEL KILN
(A “How-To-Fix-it’’ Handbook)
by J. T. Robson, Ph.D.
Allied Engineering Div. Ferro Corp
Here, stripped of all theory, are
the practical “cures” . . . handily
indexed . . . for firing difficulties
encountered in tunnel kiln opera-
tion.
$8.00 Per Copy
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Book Dept.
5 South Wabash Avenue, Chicago 3, Illinois
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is
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the Most Modern and Efficient
Electric Heating Equipment
SURPRISINGLY LOW IN COST
Be sure to get the facts regarding the new improved Universal
Screens and Unilec Heating! Just ask for catalog #150.
WWNIVERSAL
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Racine, Wisconsin
Quality Screens Since 1919
BRICK & CLAY RECORD
1957 Sales, Net Income
Break Record at Am-Marietta
American-Marietta Company estab-
lished all-time highs for both sales
and net income for the year ended
November 30, 1957.
Looking into 1958, American-Mari
etta’s Shareowners, who assembled in
Chicago for their Annual Meeting,
were informed of prospects for con-
tinued growth of the Company.
4 summarization of business expec-
tations by the Company’s Divisional
Managers indicates that American-
Marietta will enjoy sales increases
this year in several important product
categories, including cement, concrete
products, synthetic resins, chemical
coatings, household products and high
altitude test equipment
The backlog of orders for precast
concrete products on January 31, 1958,
was 62% greater than a year ago and
is expected to rise further. Increased
shipments of concrete pipe and bridge
sections will come from recently ex
panded facilities
For fiscal 1957, net sales of Ameri
can-Marietta Company and _ subsid
iaries amounted to a record $234,038,
108 . an increase of 15.7% above
sales of $202,310,815 in 1956
Net income reached an all-time peak
of $17,182,701, which was 6 more
than 1956's net income of $16,204,547.
Earnings per share, on 7,258,021
Common Shares outstanding, equalled
$2.21 after Preferred Share dividend
requirements and exclusive of re-
stricted Class B Common Shares
Earnings per share in 1956 were $2.39
on a lesser number of shares adjusted
for last October’s 3-for-2 stock split
The annual audit by Ernst & Ernst
showed that working capital had in
creased from $33,975,515 at the be
ginning of 1957 to $44,766,863 at the
close of the year. Total assets rose
from $144,787,333 to $174,947,168
For the third year in a row, Ameri-
can-Marietta announced plans for ex-
pansion of its Portland cement and
lime capacity. Construction of addi-
tional facilities at Roberta, Alabama,
which have now been started, will
further increase shipments of cement
by 25° and lime by 53% when com-
pleted in 1959.
Previous cement expansions in
creased yearly production by 1.4 mil-
lion barrels at Martinsburg, West Vir-
ginia, in a program completed in 1956
and by 1.5 million barrels at Roberta
in 1957.
A new building housing the Allis-
Chalmers Mfg. Co. has been erected
in St. Louis.
The Walsh Lift Truck Parts and Serv-
ice Co., Fort Wayne, Ind., was ap-
pointed distributor for the Baker-Rau-
lang Co., Cleveland, Ohio.
J. Roy Gordon, widely known Cana-
dian and American industrialist and
metallurgist was elected to the Board
of Directors of The Babcock & Wilcox
Co., New York, N.Y.
MARCH, 1958
Superlite Modified For Pipe Handling
One Western block maker has modified his Superlite Unloader for use in handling
sewer pipe. Prior to the conversion, the plant had been having such troubles as ex
cessive damage from breaking during delivery, a problem that has just about been
eliminated. Other troubles, such as an instance of having to send a full crew of men
to reload some incorrectly placed pipe, also have been eliminated. The company
handles tile varying from 12” to 36° diameter. A standard height Superlite will handle
tile up to 42” inside diameter; special high units are available for handling larger size
tile. This evidently is one of the earliest examples of a Superlite being converted to
handle pipe
+) This BROOK A.C. MOTOR |
is a Weather Profit!
Peak performance in all climates—humid or arid—high
or low temperatures. You profit in any weather with this
husky, totally enclosed, fan cooled BROOK MOTOR. Yet,
it actually costs less than an ordinary, light duty motor. Slip Ring or
Squirrel Cage type, 1 to 600 H.P., ready for shipment from ware-
house stocks in major industrial centers. Send for brochure
and name of your local Brook Dealer.
SINCE 1904
worlds most respected motor
BROOK MOTOR CORPORATION
3553 W. PETERSON AVE., CHICAGO 45, ILLINOIS
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IN PLANT OF ILLINOIS CLAY
PRODUCTS CO., GOOSE LAKE, ILL
CHASE DRYER CARS
Cost less...Last longer
Fast, smooth-rolling, trouble-free service is built into every
Chase dryer car. Initial investment and maintenance costs
are low. Chase equipment is used in 80% of clay products
plants. Send your specifications and requests for literature
to Chase.
INDUSTRIAL CAR AND TRUCK BUILDERS
FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS
FOUNDRY & MANUFACTURING CO.
2300 PARSONS AVENUE ® COLUMBUS 7, OHIO
(Ze ywuenine TIME CUT IN HALF
Vi BY BOOSTING LAZY DRAFT
At a West Virginia plant using round
down-draft gas-fired kilns, a MECO
Ejector Stack Draft Booster actually re-
duced the former 9-day burning time to
only 442 days. What's more, the product
was greatly improved in color and
quality
Such results are the rule with MECO
Ejector Boosters because draft require-
ments are absolutely controlled under
all atmospheric conditions.
Complete details giving name and
data will be sent to you if interested
in effecting similar savings at your own
plant.
Write, wire, or phone us
THE MANUFACTURERS EQUIPMENT CO. dayton 4, ono
horse
TVeant RiP
GLOVES
HAND PADS
MITTENS
PROTECT
WORKERS’ HANDS!
HEAVY SPLIT-COWHIDE GLOVE NO. G-9, TRIPLE STITCHED.
$16.50 PER DOZEN PAIRS.
Avoid costly injuries to the hands of your workers by
giving them the protection they need—Tufhorse gloves,
hond pods or mittens. Made of the finest cowhide, they
are flexible and comfortable to wear.
ORDER SAMPLE PAIRS AT “PER-DOZEN” PRICES
DES MOINES
GLOVE
&
MFG, CO.
Please send me samples of ”
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LJ Mitten No. 300 ($12.60 per dozen pairs)
Hend Pad No. 308 ($7.20 per dozen pair :)
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The Demand Is Increasing For
GRAY BRICK and RICHER DARK RED SHADES
M4
“Nationat Mancanese
Flashes Red
Clays to Dark
Reds, Blacks
and Gun Metal
Shades
Turns Buff and
Light Clays
Gray
Write for information.
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NATIONAL PAINT & MANGANESE CO.
Division of Haile Mines, Inc.
Lynchburg, Virginia
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BRICK & CLAY RECORD
WHERE SPEED
FLEXCO
HINGED 500X
BELT FASTENERS
Nylon Cable
Hinge Pin
UNDERGROUND COAL MINING
THE IDEAL FASTENER FOR JOIN-
ING EXTENSION BELTS. DESIGN PER-
MITS THE USE OF A SMALLER FLEX-
IBLE NYLON CABLE HINGE PIN FOR
SMOOTHER, TIGHTER JOINTS.
NYLON CABLE HINGE PIN...
Easy to insert or pull out . . . will
not migrate.
Smooth wearing surface—nylon is
self-lubricating.
Will not unravel when cut.
Start now to equip your extension belts
with FLEXCO 500X “SEPARABLE"
FASTENERS (new FLEXCO HINGED
SOOX FASTENERS are interchangeable
with old HF 500 Fasteners).
HANDY PACKAGE
Carton contains one complete belt
joint—fasteners, pin, bolts and nuts.
ORDER FROM YOUR DISTRIBUTOR
OR WRITE TO...
4761 Lexington St. @ Chicago 44, Iilinols
MARCH, 1958
a
[ t literature for the
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Ris eS ee ee
Lift Trucks
A i-page folder describes the de-
sign, construction and operating fea-
tures contained in the Model 460
Towmotor lift truck; truck is avail-
able with gas, LP-gas or diesel power.
Towmotor Corp., Cleveland, Ohio
164 Circle on Reader's Service Coupon
Masonry Blades
Clipper has released a four color
brochure containing full information
on their masonry and concrete cutting
saws, including the diamond, break-re-
sistant and abrasive blades
Clipper Mfg Co., Kansas City, Mo
165 Circle on Reader e { por
Duo-Torque
Bulletin 1399 describes the all new
Baker Duo-Torque transmission, which
combines features of the torque con-
verter and fluid coupling plus a power-
shifted two-speed transmission.
Baker-Raulang Co., Cleveland, Ohio
166 Circle on Reader's Service Coupon
Block Handling
Besser has made available a catalog
sheet on its Besser-Matic block loader,
unloader and depalletizer, in bulletin
#124.
Besser Co., Alpena, Mich.
167 Circle on Reader Service Coupor
Hi-Lift Trucks
Features of the Yale Duplex hy-
draulic lifting cylinder for very high
free lift with industrial trucks are dé
scribed in a new bulletin published by
Yale & Towne Mfg. Co., Philadelphia,
Pa.
168 Cir Reader's Service Coupor
Demolition Tools
“Accessories for Demolition and
Digging Tools” is the title of a cata
logue of digging tools and accessories
from Ingersoll-Rand. The 24-page
book, form 3190, includes a section on
reforging, sharpening and hardening
f these tools
Ingersoll-Rand Co., New York, N.Y.
169 Circle on Reader's Service Coupon
Pyrometers
A new bulletin describes Pyro op-
tical, micro-optical, radiation, imme!
sion, surface and indicating pyromet-
ers (catalog #175) made by Pyro-
meter Instrument Co., Bergenfield,
NJ
17@/Cirele on Reader's Service Coupon
Please say “I saw it in B&CR”
3-WAY usefulness:
Double pallets of tile
are hauled from kiln and stacked in
storage room with this Kwik-Mix S-10
Moto-Bug fork lift. Load capacity is
1000 pounds lifting height, 6 feet.
HOPPER
Interchangeable hop-
per converts Moto-Bug into a 10 cu. ft.
power wheelbarrow — hauls bulk mate-
rials or finished products — climbs 16%
ramps. (15 cu. ft. hopper optional.)
Change from hopper
or fork lift to 4-foot platform, and you
have a heavy-duty, *4-ton truck! (Big-
ger, R-18 multiple-tool Moto-Bug also
available.) Send for latest literature.
KWIK-MIX COMPANY, port wasnincron, wis
Send bulletins on §-10 R-18 Moto-Bug®
A Division of Koehring “ie
69
For long, low-cost service
from OFF-BEARING BELTS
use Ton-Tex Oil-Ex Belting
You'll have greater satisfaction and save moncy using Ton
Tex Oi)-Ex belts. They resist water, oils, heat and abrasion.
Made in two types of duck, seven different weights. Can be
vulcanized endless. Ton-Tex Oil-Ex gives
outstanding service on off-bearing con
veyor belt installations. Will not mar or
imprint highest quality products handled.
Next time use Oil-Ex—lasts longer, de-
livers better service. Get all the facts.
4
TON-TEX CORPORATION
GRAND RAPIDS 2, MICH
ENGLEWOOD, N. J SAN JOSE 26, CALIF
i) Bid meee aka od
ENGINEERING ASSOCIATES, INC.
P. O. BOX 5284 ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
With manhours
so vitally impor-
tant these days,
your fireman's
time is valuable.
Automatic kiln
and dryer push-
ers can cut the
necessity of his
presence during
charging up to
50%, thus al-
lowing an easier
schedule or less
manpower.
KILN PUSHER POWER UNIT
If you plan to build, rebuild, repair or replace, why not investigate
the EA line of hydraulic equipment?
Rep. by FORREST A. PASCHAL, Box 289, Siler City, N. C.
Tyler Screen Sections 4
for All Makes
of Screening Machines!
on
Screen sections of Tyler Woven Wire are fabri-
cated for all makes of vibrating screens in any
mesh or metal. They are made up with hook-strip
or bent-edge construction to suit the machine on
which they are to be used.
Tyler rugged, accurately-applied hook-strips
make possible stretching and maintaining the
screens at drum-head tension, which is essential for
successful screening and long screen life.
THE W. S. TYLER COMPANY
CLEVELAND 14, OHIO
Manutacturers of Woven Wire Screens and Screening Machinery
Canadian Plant—St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
70 Please say “I saw it in B&ECR”
=)” HYDRAULIC
BOOSTERS
No Pumps or High Pressure
Valving Needed
Hook a Miller Air-Hydravlic Booster to
your air line and get INTENSIFIED
(ratios up to 100 to 1) Hydraulic Power
that you can vary and contro! at will
and use for such common shop opera-
tions as punching, clamping, pressing,
riveting, shearing, welding, crimping,
testing, etc. High pressure booster ovt-
put drives the hydraulic work cylin-
ders and can be directly applied (with-
out cylinders) in testing, measuring,
other applications. Boosters save air,
space, weight, require little or no main-
tenance, and hold
pressure as long as
desired without addi-
tional power con-
sumption. Models for
immediate delivery. 9013 N. Hawthorne, Melrose Pork, If.
Write For
Full Details
BRICK & CLAY RECORD
*American Clay
Huber-Warco
*Babeock & Wilk
Barber-Greene
Besser C
Rickerstaff
*Bonn
Bradney
Brook M
Bucyr
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
Machinery
A
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*Ferr Corp
e Steel
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All
ore discussed and
construction.
improved products
The Design and Correction of Dies
laminations smooth ouvger
die
this
Power
construction § are
book
production
featured in Here you
will find the results of years of re
search and experience from all re
liable sources to meet every phose
of good extrusion together with
chemical treatment
Price $0.75
full coverage of
and de-airing of clays
The Answers To Drying Troubles
How to dry greater tonnages in less
time ot less cost is tied up in dryer
drying problems
suggestions to
aid in producing better drying and
Price $0.75.
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5 S. WABASH AVE., CHICAGO 3, ILL.
MARCH, 1958
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Move Kiln Cars at Big Saving!
. write important
brick and tile manufacturers who've been using them for years
for moving kiln cars in and out of kilns and to other stations.
“We just couldn't do without our Gravelys"
geared-down 5-HP, low-speed model,
It's
powerful enough to
The Gravely LS Tractor
with dual wheels and governor is the answer small
enough to work in crowded areas, yet
move loaded cars up to 310,000 Ibs
Two speeds forward and
Toolholder fits coupling
unit on cars. reverse allow operator
to move cars in either direction.
But that's The same Gravely, offering 30 different at-
tachments, takes care of every grounds maintenance job, from
loading docks and
not all!
mowing lawn areas to power sweeping
drives. Eliminates expensive equipment, saves time, labor, money
Write TODAY for descriptive literature, or for
Free Demonstration under your own conditions.
No obligation.
GRAVELY TRACTORS. INC.
BOX 365 DUNBAR, W. VA.
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Classified
Advertisements
Notice
New Classified Advertising Rates
Effective Janvary 1, 1957
Limited to Want Ads, Consu!ting Engineers, or Used
Equipment ods, (wanted or For Sale.)
TRANSIENT WORD ADS: 12¢ per word for each
insertion
Headings such os “‘Wanted’’, ‘For Sole", etc. and
address to be counted os port of the ad. Minimum
charge $2.00 each insertion
POSITION WANTED ADS: $1.50 for 25 words or less
eoch add'l word 10«
FOR USE OF BLIND ADDRESS: (Core of BRICK &
CLAY RECORD) count os 15 words to cover cost of
hondling and forwarding replies
DISPLAY-BOX TYPE ADS
$15.00 per inch. On advonce orders for twelve con
secutive issues, 12.00 per inch per insertion (No
retroactive adjustment)
An inch is measured vertically on one column, 2%"
wide; three columns on oa page For a two-columna
advertisement add together height In each column
Displey classified advertisements core set and rates
apply in half-inch multiples {! inch minimum, 5
inch moximum)
Add 25% te above rotes for Reverse Plote (white
lettering on black background)
All rotes based on poyment in odvonce except on
tegular controct
No Agency Commission or Cash Discount
BRICK and CLAY RECORD
5 Sovth Wabash Avenve, Chicago 3
WANTED—POSITION
FOR SALE—USED EQUIPMENT
Ceramic engineer—five years’ experience in
refractory research and ten years as super-
intendent of small plant making fire brick and
face brick Can handle full plant operation
from clay pit to finished ware 10 years of
age. Good references Box 3-SBF, care of
BRICK & CLAY RECORD
WANTED—HELP
Wanted Ceramic engineer with experience in
manufacture and marketing of quarry tile
and allied products. Contact Bruce R. Draper,
535 Franklin Road, Nashville, Tenn
WANTED
Superintendent
Plant Manufacturing Drain Tile and Hollow
Ware Made From Shale
0. E. Powell, Pres.
Indiana Drain Tile Company
Brooklyn, Indiana
CERAMIC ENGINEERS WANTED Positions
open for graduates in ceramic engineering
who are desirous of working in heavy clay
products with a large eastern concern. Duties
entail research and plant quality control and
super vision Some experience in heavy clay
wares desirable, althouch not necessary. Reply
to the Robinson Clay Products Co., P. O. Box
1070, Akron 9, Ohio, attention of Clark Suther
and, V.P
WANTED
Sales Engineer
Refractories specialty company needs full
time traveling representative Must have
ceramic experience. Salary
ipsen Ceramics, Inc.
Pectatonica, Ill.
xi Rawdon Pipe Min hine
_B wd 4 Mi id 2 mold DRY PRESSES
DRY PRE SS plant
DE AIRED M At HINES Steele 40. Bonnot 497
Amer 404A ”. FRA WJ6, Jr. & Sr. Chambers
«” Int ‘
J 12 4° PUG
15 Ball. 3%x7
, Williams
DRYERS
CUTTERS
“RUSHERS :
Steele
CONVEYORS x
Sel. Dbl & Rack pares S ARS. 24”
Repres: Bonded Scale & Machine
MID-CONTINENT EQUIPMENT CO., INC.
832! Gannon St. Louis 24. Me Wydown | -2826
CRUSHERS, JAW 2'4x6, 9x16, 15x24,
14x13, 36x10, gyratory, KVS 2319, Allis
Chalmers 25
PANS, DRY—T7 American, 9 Bonnot, 10
Bonnot
SCREENS "x5 1), 3°x10’ (2), Tyler
Hummer “xlO’ (2), 42°x10° (2) Cedar
Rapids——5'x10 2) Robbins
MILLS, HAMMER--M20 Quaker City (7'
HP), AKB Williams (25 HP), 3W Mikro
0) HP), 4 TH Mikro (40 HP), 36"x42”
Jeffrey (125 HP). SXT 183 Pa. (350 HP)
BUCKET be = ATORS.31' ¢/e 10” Buck
0 ec/e 12” bucket, 38° cec/ 2/10" buck
39° ¢/e w/10” buck
MILLS, PUG—-9 Freese. 10° Chambers dou-
ble shaft 5’ Granulator, Chambers
BRICK MACHINES International 470
Bonnot 30, Bonnot 18” de-airing
UTTERS—-Automatic— Freese C20
Steele 18 (10° & 14
REPRESS Bonnot Special 2 mold (like
new
LAWLER COMPANY
METUCHEN, N. J. Liberty 9-0245
WANTED — POSITION
GENERAL MANAGER OR SUPERINTEND
Fk
NT Thirty years’ experience in production
und marketing common brick, face brick and
tructural til Available at once Address
Box RAX ir are of BRICK & CLAY
RECORD
POSITION WANTED by Ceramic Engineer
Have experience in glaze control and full
management of brick and tile plant from pit
to sales. Care of BRICK & CLAY RECORD,
Box 2-RBA
Ceramic engineer with over 15 years’ experiences
in a phases of refractories production and
levelopment Now employed desires change
Box SBB, care of BRICK & CLAY RECORD
Wanted Position by German ceramic engineer
presently located in France Age 25. Experi-
enced in all phases of ape pe in brick fac-
tories. Special ape f drying and burning
techniques, 5 ye of practical experience, best
of references ie ailable in U.S.A April 1
Box 3-SBA, care of BRICK & CLAY RECORD
POSITION WANTED As superintendent or
gweneral manager of brick or hollow tile
plant Have twenty five years experience and
am capable of handling operation from clay pit
through to the finished product Can furnish
best of references from former employers. Ad-
dress Box 1-RAK in care of BRICK & CLAY
RECORD
Sales Manager or equivalent Ten years sales
with fire brick, clay, et« to steel milla, foun-
dries, etc. B.S. in Metallurgy. Box 3-SBD. care
of BRICK & CLAY RECORD
72
Agvresasive man, 25 to 35 years. with practical
knowledge of clay products and clay ma
chinery, to assist sales manager of well estab-
lished machinery concern. Must be capable of
handling sales correspondence and sales agents
Some traveling out of home office. Splendid op-
portunity for growth. Give age, schooling, ex
perience references and recent photo BOX
SBE, care of BRICK & CLAY RECORD
TED HELP REFRACTORY EXPER-
fe NCE excellent opportunity for sales mind-
ed man, must be willing to travel part time,
aggressive and ambitious Middle West loca-
tion. Salary. State all qualifications. Address
Box 1-RAA in care of BRICK & CLAY REC-
ORD
FOR SALE—USED EQUIPMENT
Pulleys of various size, face and bores
Electric Motors, various H.P. and speeds
Brewer Heary Duty Conica! Roll Crusher
Steele No. 5 Hoisting Drum for pulling up cars
Kiln Cooling Fans, 48 and 24”, Motor Driven Pro
pellers
Clay Storage Shed, Steel Frame, 50’ x 100°
200’ Clay Storage Shed Conveyor, 20°. motor driven
Towmotor 40002 cap.. pneum. tires le shifter
t
Bickerstaff fork, practically new
Address inquiries te GRANT BRICK WORKS
Weldon, N.C.
SELL YOUR
USED EQUIPMENT
In the Classified Columns of
BRICK & CLAY RECORD
FOR SALE
BRICK MACHINES—Combination & Deairing
PUG MILLS——Single & Double Shaft
GRANULATORS-Chambers 51 & Freese 16
CUTTERS—-Steele 18, Freese & Hand
DRY PRESS Boyd 4 mould Special
DRY PANS—7’, 9’, 10°
HAMMER MILLS—Many sizes & Micro
SMOOTH ROLLS—16x30, 30x36
CONICAL ROLLS Smooth & Corrugated
DISINTEGRATERS.12", 18” & 24”
JAW CRUSHERS—-Ox16, 15x24, 24x18, 24x36
ROTARY ORVERS & KILNS—2x20, 3x30, 6x40
Tx120
BLEN DER——Patterson-Kelley Twin Shell
LAB BLUNGER-—-50 gallon
HAND TILE PRESS
MIXERS—Llapreaster EAG 3 & 4, Clearfield &
Blyst one
SCREENS—Hummer 3x5, 3x10, 4x10,
Cedar Rapids 34x10
Single, Double & Triple Deck
REPRESS Bonnet 2-mould
FEEDERS Disc, Apron, Reciprocat ing
HARDINGE CONICAL MILLS—.2’, T’, 10
PEBBLE MILLS Various Sizes
DRYER CARS—200 Single Deck 24” ga
List your spare equipment with us
ROBERT L. CLARE
212 Rector St. Perth Amboy, N. J
Phone Hillcrest 2-0061
FOR SALE
noyaRy DRYERS & KILNS: 8'x125 "x30
xi’. 4x30 x15
P r mB x Mi LS Bau h and Continuous Hardinge
i 96 S*x10 6’xs’ é"x 5x6’
ve
POWDER —-w —- 0 & 336 «
4 cu. ft
IVE MIXER Simpson S3RF; 1H Stair
Spiral Rit
PY. Filter Preases
ve
PERRY SOUIPMENT CORP.
1432 N. 6th St. Philadelphia 22%, Pa.
Oplor 3-3505
Please say “I saw it in B&CR”
BRICK & CLAY RECORD
FOR SALE—USED EQUIPMENT FOR SALE—USED EQUIPMENT MISCELLANEOUS
KILNS, DRYERS
WALTER C. STOLL & SONS FOR SALE Complete Plant Design
New and Used TUNNEL KILN—Allied. gas fired. 250 ft. long | _ For.
3. eae ; Brick, Tile, Pipe, Refr.
CLAY WORKING eae nae STAND-BY UNIT—18.000 gal. D wn Investigations Reports
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$028 ihanben ve ; Reo Sageies 32, Calit SAGGER EQUIPMENT 75 te ais T. Ww. GARVE
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— orsa mmer mill, vibrating screen, and And Associates
ISES— 5 ton’ Denison shuttle-teed 69 W. Weisheimer Rd.
On automatic
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and = miscellanex
Gasoline Locomotives: 4, 6, 8 and 14 E Ss rect i nt «2 ~--
Diesel Locomotives: 6, 10, 25, 45, 65 10 ft. wide w 000 BTU atmospher! urt
Smooth Roll Crushers: J. C. Steel 1 os tele anal
Automatic Cutter: Freese Model C-25 yy) Be Fay
ane? ” , > $s
Rotary Dryers & Kilns: 4’x20’, 5’6”x50’, 80”x60’, an ag i
Side Dump Cars: 1206—1%, 2, 3 and 12 Yards
recirculatir 2 ft. long
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Multiple spindle complete
. F. J. FORD
r Discontinuing the manufacture of porcelain and ve — Eagineer
WANTED—Air Compressors—Dryers ron i : 1 arts. Sellir 2 " oman. Hun sreds ‘ Representati ° g
R. C. STANHOPE, INC oo a AW, = | an > racks a Clay Working Machinery
60 E. 42nd St. New York 17, MN. Y. tor. pulve te mer. scales. conveyo Car Tunnel Kilns — Dryers
_-- Ty P. O. Box 537 P. O. Box 395
Dallas, Texas San Francisco, California
SQUARE D COMPANY
DRYER CARS Molded Insulation Division
172 Single Deck Price $20.00 Each Peru, Indiana
All sections rails and track supplies. New be HY oS
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Wood Pallets made to your specifications.
INCORPORATED
M. K. FRANK WANTED — PLANT INSURANCE BROKERS
401 Park Bidg 480 Lexington Ave . 3 ST LUKE'S PLACE
Pittsburgh 22, Pa. New York (7, N. Y see "
105 Lake Street 1209 Metropolitan Bank Bidg. NEw YorK 14. N. Y
Reno, Nevada Miam! 32, Flerida
Have client that will purchase all or part
of a brick refractory plant with retentior 807 FOURTH AVENUE
of preset t management. Replies should state PITTSBURGH
valuation and source of raw materials
175 w JACKSON BLVD
VERNON E. CROSELL bagel
134 North LaSalle St.
MACHINERY BARGAINS Chicago 2, Hilinois Serving the BRICK & CLAY Indusery
DRY PRESS Boyd Model BB including 10 for Over 40 Years
H.P. Motor and Drive.
COMBINED MACHINE STEEL No. 6,
Steele and American De-Airing Combined TO WsAse
Machines. International 470.
BRICK CUTTERS Steele and Freese Auto- New Fire Clay Deposit to Lease. Clay starts
matic. top of the ground, contains 236 alumina,
nenindinn ee ’ runs into millions of tons. Located in Pennsyl- Forrest a Paschal
SEWER PIPE PRESSES Pearne Lacy Hy- vania, close to railroad. Box 3-SBC, care of
draulic including dies € to 16°, Tappin BRICK & CLAY RECORD Phone Sherwood 2-2749 & 2-2500
Rice including dies 8 to 24”.
P. O. Box 289 Siler City, N. C.
FERNHOLTZ MACHINERY CO. MISCELLANEOUS Resteenties
8468 B Melrose Place atm tein Deister C trat
Les Angeles 46, California : oer a. rerveidle = news
9 FOR SALE-—BUFF BURNING FIRE CLAY Robinson Ventilating Engineering Associates
ne ‘agrees 3 — Mg KI i, te g Lippmann Engr. Wks. Manufacturers Equip
ae See oe so zn a Macomb, Illinois Southern Fabricating
FOR SALE—1-12" Savage even Feeder with
hopper $45.00; 1-9" Savage even Feeder
with hopper $67.50; 1-J. C. Steele Granulator
Feeder $1,080.00; Mike-Baker Brick Company,
P. O. Box 1234, Oi!) Center Station, Lafayette,
Louisiana. The above equipment is at our Cade, THE
Louisiana Plant, New Iberia, Louisiana, Phone
No, Emerson 4-1243 BRITISH
FOR SALE—Steele No. 18 Automatic Side Cut CLAYWORKER
Cutter, right hand, equiped with standard . .
brick reel and measuring table, 10” belt. Good (Established 1892)
second-hand condition. Price $800.00, loaded
on car or truck our plant. Quaker Sales Cor- °
poration, Johnstown, Pa.
Up-te-date articles and
— 20 ee - information on
all phases of the
Brick & Tile industry
FOR SALE
DRY PAN —Clearfield, good as new
CRUSHER—McLanahan 18” x 24” renewable teeth 7
BRICK & TILE MACHINE—Chambers Royal de- World wide circulation
With spare perts
CUTTER—Steele 18B—14” wide measuring belt. °
FEEDERS—Apron with motor drives 24” x 10’.
30” x 10° with hopper, rebuilt Subscription £1.5.0
BALL MILLS—4#’ x 8’, 6’ x 10° drives with brakes p. a. post free
DRYER CARS—Single deck 24” guage. Pallet cars ———
MIXERS—Simpson & Clearfield
New & Used rebullt equipment for the clay industry .
HERMAN A. HALL
WYOMISSING, PA FRonkiin 24310 Published monthly by
CLAY & BRICK
FOR SALE—Model BB Boyd Dry Press in ex- PUBLICATIONS, LTD.
cellent condition together with set of press 23 Tavistock Street
boxes to make complete lines of fire brick
shapes, $9,000.00. Union Mining Co., 2306 ist London, W.C. 2
National Bank Bidg., Pittsburgh 22, Pa.
Sales ordered it . . . they got some cus-
tomer who wants brick with fins.
MARCH, 1958 Please say “I saw it in B&CR”
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Pye e plus Separate Drive
The photo at the bottom illustrates a new All-Steele installation
of a No. SOF Pug Sealer and a No. 60F Vacuum Extruder* at
the Elgin-Standard Brick Manufacturing Co., Elgin, Texas. It is one
of the many such insiallations made since this equipment was first
cnnounced a short time ago.
The large open pugmill of the No. 5OF Pug Sealer, plus the
vacuum pugging action of the separately driven pugmill of the
No. 60F Vacuum Extruder produces an intimately mixed and
uniformly deaired column which practically eliminates lamination
and drying problems. At the same time the distribution of moisture
Yhroughout the clay mass insures the ultimate in uniformity of
burned size.
This massive drive end has helical primary and secondary
gears for each drive, with twin vane type oil pumps which provide
force feed lubrication to all gears
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1—Steele 100 psi Water Spray As-
sembly
2—Steele No. SOF Pug Sealer
3— Steele No. 60FV Vacuum Extruder
Agents: Walter C. Stoll & Sons, 5028
Alhambra Ave., Los Angeles 32,
Calif.
‘Also built as standard No. 60F Combined
Seperate Drive Deairing Machine with 11 ff. x
30° 1D open pugmill.
3c Steele « sons,
Statesville, N. C.
- THE BEST IN CLAY MACHINERY SINCE 1889 e
Please say “I saw it in BeCR” BRICK & CLAY RECORD
Model C-13
Profitable production
exact extrusions...
Brick after Brick
This F-R-H combination de-airing
extrusion brick and tile machine turns
out up to 22,000 bricks per hour
Double-shaft pug mill and multiple
blade shredder provide maximum
clay-working efficiency. Specially en-
gineered vacuum chamber provides
increased visual control, eliminates
blisters, ruptures, pinholes; produces
“uniform” clay extrusions every time
regardless of climatic conditions
Compact F-R-H design and exclusive
construction features save valuable
floor space, make maintenance easy
Pep up profits in your operation by
writing Dept. B-1 today for full details!
F FH Ceramic Machinery
The FATE-ROOT-HEATH Company
Plymouth, Ohio
also manufacturers of Plymouth locomotives
MARCH, 1958 Please say “I saw it in B&eECR”
CUTS UP TO 18,000
BRICKS PER HOUR
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AUTOMATIC ELEG
Big volume cutting with precision accuracy
... these words best describe the ““American”
No. 858 Automatic Electric Cutter. This
unit will cut brick or tile up to 14”x14”. The
electric control makes each cut perfect...
there is no chance for error.
The “American” Automatic Electric Cutter
has an hourly capacity of from 3,000 to
18,000 bricks . . . 23 standard bricks per cut.
This unit is particularly suited for plants
specializing in the production of “SCR” brick.
The “American” No. 858 is a complete unit
... there are no extras to buy. Wire holders
and platens are adjusted easily for any size
A Division of HUBER-WARCO COMPANY
Marion, Ohio, U.S.A.
Plants in Marion and Bucyrus, Ohio
Cable Address: HUBARCO
“Wremelthaaaa
nent, and the base adjusts up or
dow tO sull any cross section of clay.
Ot! .« features of the “American” No. 858
Automatic Electric Cutter include: magnetic
clay bar clamp for perfect cut . . . hinged
measuring frame can be lifted to permit die
or front change ... there are no valves or
gears ... anti-friction bearings are used
throughout.
The “American” No. 858 Cutter can add to
the production efficiencies of your plant.
Before you buy check “American” . . . speci-
fied as first choice by clay production men.
CLAY MACHINERY
OVER A CENTURY OF EXPERIENCE IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF CLAY MACHINERY
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